U+28FA "⣺" Braille Pattern Dots-245678 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+28FA "⣺" Braille Pattern Dots-245678 is a specific braille cell from the Unicode Standard, representing a tactile pattern with raised dots at positions two, four, five, six, seven, and eight within a standard six or eight dot braille matrix. This character is part of the Braille Patterns block, which encodes all possible combinations of dots for use in braille transcription, allowing for the representation of various languages, mathematical symbols, or musical notation in digital text. The visual rendering of "⣺" shows six filled dots arranged in a rectangular grid, and while it has a defined dot set, its precise meaning depends on the braille system or code applied, such as Grade 1 or Grade 2 English Braille, where it might correspond to a specific contraction or character.

General Properties

Code Point U+28FA
Version Added 3.0
Name Braille Pattern Dots-245678
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 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x28FA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000028FA
C/C++/Java Escape \u28fa

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