U+28D9 "⣙" Braille Pattern Dots-14578 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+28D9 "⣙" Braille Pattern Dots-14578 is a representation of a specific combination of dots lifted in a standard six or eight dot braille cell, corresponding to dots at positions 1, 4, 5, 7, and 8 when counting from top to bottom and left to right in a typical 8 dot braille grid. This character is part of the Unicode Braille Patterns block, which encodes all possible dot combinations for both 6 dot and 8 dot braille systems, allowing for digital representation and communication of braille text across different platforms and languages. As a dot pattern, it may be used to represent a specific letter, contraction, or symbol in various braille codes, such as those for English, mathematics, or computer notation, depending on the context and braille standard in use.

General Properties

Code Point U+28D9
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-14578
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 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0x28D9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000028D9
C/C++/Java Escape \u28d9

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