U+28F8 "⣸" Braille Pattern Dots-45678 Unicode Character

U+28F8 "⣸" Braille Pattern Dots-45678 is a specific braille glyph from the braille patterns block, representing the raised dots at positions 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in the standard six or eight dot braille cell, which is part of the eight dot braille system used for computer braille and advanced tactile notation. This character does not correspond to a standard six dot braille letter but instead serves as a graphic symbol or a component in eight dot braille encoding, often employed in specialized contexts such as mathematical notation, music representation, or computer accessible display systems. Its visual appearance is a rectangular pattern of five raised dots in the lower left and full right columns of the cell, offering a distinct tactile or visual mark for users of braille technology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+28F8
Version Added	3.0
Name	Braille Pattern Dots-45678
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 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x28F8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000028F8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u28f8

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