U+28E8 "⣨" Braille Pattern Dots-4678 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⣨
U+28E8 "⣨" Braille Pattern Dots-4678 is a specific cell within the Braille Patterns block, representing a tactile configuration where dots 4, 6, 7, and 8 are raised. Positioned in the lower and rightmost areas of the standard six-dot or eight-dot Braille cell, this pattern does not correspond to a letter in traditional six-dot literary Braille, as it extends into the eight-dot system used for computer notation, mathematics, or technical fields. In modern applications, this character is encoded for digital display and data processing, allowing text to represent Braille in a standardized, machine-readable format. Its usage can vary depending on the specific Braille code or language context.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+28E8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Braille Pattern Dots-4678 |
| 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 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x28E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000028E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u28e8 |
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 |