U+28E0 "⣠" Braille Pattern Dots-678 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+28E0 "⣠" Braille Pattern Dots-678 is a specific Braille cell encoding that represents the combination of raised dots in positions six, seven, and eight, which, in the standard eight-dot Braille grid, corresponds to the bottom-left dot (dot 6), the bottom-middle dot (dot 7), and the bottom-right dot (dot 8) all being raised simultaneously. This character is part of the Unicode Braille Patterns block, which maps the 256 possible dot combinations of an eight-dot Braille cell to distinct code points, enabling digital representation of Braille text across computing systems. In practical usage, this particular dot pattern does not correspond to a standard letter in six-dot literary Braille but often serves as a component in specialized Braille notations, such as for mathematics, music, or computer code, where eight-dot Braille is employed to represent additional symbols or formatting information beyond the traditional 64 six-dot patterns.

General Properties

Code Point U+28E0
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-678
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 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x28E0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000028E0
C/C++/Java Escape \u28e0

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