U+28E3 "⣣" Braille Pattern Dots-12678 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⣣
U+28E3 "⣣" Braille Pattern Dots-12678 is a specific glyph within the Unicode Braille Patterns block, representing a tactile cell used in the Braille system for reading and writing by people who are blind or have low vision. This combination corresponds to the dots at positions 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8 in a standard 2x4 Braille cell, where each dot can be raised or flat to encode letters, numbers, punctuation, or contractions. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and processing of Braille across platforms, enabling text entry, display, and conversion between Braille and other scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28E3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-12678 |
| 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 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28E3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028E3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28e3 |
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 |