U+28F0 "⣰" Braille Pattern Dots-5678 Unicode Character

U+28F0 "⣰" Braille Pattern Dots-5678 is a specific glyph within the Braille Patterns block, representing a configuration where the lower four dots of a standard six or eight dot Braille cell are raised, specifically dots 5, 6, 7, and 8. In eight dot Braille, which extends the traditional six dot system for computer and technical use, this character may encode a particular letter, contraction, or symbol depending on the language and context, as each dot combination corresponds to a unique binary code. While less commonly seen in literary Braille, which relies on six dots, this pattern is part of the Unicode standard to ensure full digital representation of Braille for accessibility and data processing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+28F0
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-5678
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 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x28F0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000028F0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u28f0

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