U+28F1 "⣱" Braille Pattern Dots-15678 Unicode Character

U+28F1 "⣱" Braille Pattern Dots-15678 is a specific braille cell representation within the Unicode Braille Patterns block, which encodes the raised dot configuration of dots 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in standard braille. This particular pattern, consisting of five raised dots arranged in a 2x4 rectangular grid, is used in braille systems for representing characters, symbols, or contractions depending on the specific braille language or code, such as English literary braille or computer braille, where each dot combination corresponds to a unique meaning. As a visual symbol, it serves both tactile reading for visually impaired individuals and as a typographic glyph for sighted display in digital text, ensuring that braille data can be seamlessly represented and processed across computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+28F1
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-15678
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 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x28F1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000028F1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u28f1

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