U+28ED "⣭" Braille Pattern Dots-134678 Unicode Character

U+28ED "⣭" Braille Pattern Dots-134678 is a specific braille cell configuration used in the eight-dot braille system, where the raised dots are positioned at the top left (dot 1), middle left (dot 3), top right (dot 4), middle right (dot 6), bottom middle left (dot 7), and bottom middle right (dot 8) of the cell. It does not directly correspond to a standard letter or number in traditional six-dot literary braille but is instead part of the extended eight-dot braille set, often employed in computer braille notation to represent punctuation, special symbols, or to indicate an eight-dot character encoding in digital text and assistive technology contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+28ED
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-134678
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 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x28ED
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000028ED
C/C++/Java Escape	\u28ed

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