U+28D6 "⣖" Braille Pattern Dots-23578 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⣖
U+28D6 "⣖" Braille Pattern Dots-23578 is a specific cell within the standardized Braille Patterns block, which encodes tactile reading systems for the visually impaired. This character represents a pattern where six raised dots are present in positions one, two, three, five, seven, and eight of the eight-dot braille cell, making it a more complex configuration used in computer braille notation or extended braille codes. It is typically rendered as a single glyph for digital display and data interchange, allowing users to represent braille text electronically without relying on specialized hardware.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28D6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-23578 |
| Block | Braille Patterns |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⣖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⣖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xA3 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28D6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28d6 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Braille |
| Script Extensions | Braille |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |