U+28F9 "⣹" Braille Pattern Dots-145678 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+28F9 "⣹" Braille Pattern Dots-145678 is a specific representation within the Braille Patterns block, consisting of six raised dots in the top two rows and two additional dots in the bottom row, forming a 2x4 grid. In standard six-dot Braille, dots are numbered 1,2,3 from top to bottom on the left and 4,5,6 on the right, but this eight-dot pattern extends the system with dots 7 and 8 added below, respectively. The combination "145678" means that dots 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are filled, leaving dots 2 and 3 empty, which produces a distinctive dense arrangement used primarily for computer Braille or technical notation rather than traditional literary Braille. This character serves as a graphic symbol in digital text for encoding Braille cells that support accented characters, mathematical symbols, or other extended language needs beyond the basic 64 six-dot combinations.

General Properties

Code Point U+28F9
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-145678
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 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x28F9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000028F9
C/C++/Java Escape \u28f9

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