U+2800 "" Braille Pattern Blank Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Symbols 2 Source: Browser Default

U+2800 "" Braille Pattern Blank is a unique and frequently misunderstood code point that represents a completely empty braille cell, one where no dots are raised. Although it is technically a visible character in the Unicode standard, intended primarily for braille transcription to preserve the spatial alignment of dot patterns, it appears visually as an invisible space in most text renderings. This can lead to confusion because it is often copied or pasted into text without the user's awareness, creating an invisible character that behaves differently from a standard space or a non-breaking space, sometimes breaking web forms or text processing tools that treat it as a valid character.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
⠀
HTML Hex Encoding
⠀
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xA0 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2800
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002800
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2800