U+28DA "⣚" Braille Pattern Dots-24578 Unicode Character

U+28DA "⣚" Braille Pattern Dots-24578 is a specific symbol within the Braille Patterns block, representing a tactile reading cell with raised dots at positions 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8, as designated by the eight-dot Braille standard. This character is used in digital text to encode Braille content for visually impaired readers, with the dot numbering system corresponding to a grid where dots 1 through 3 occupy the top left column, dots 4 through 6 the bottom left column, and dots 7 and 8 the top and bottom of a rightmost, two-dot column. The pattern 24578 indicates which dots are raised, allowing the character to represent a specific letter, contraction, or symbol within a Braille alphabet, thereby bridging tactile writing with electronic communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+28DA
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-24578
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 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x28DA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000028DA
C/C++/Java Escape	\u28da

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