U+281A "⠚" Braille Pattern Dots-245 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+281A "⠚" Braille Pattern Dots-245 is a braille cell representation with raised dots at positions two, four, and five in the standard six dot braille grid. This specific pattern is used in various braille systems to represent different letters or sounds depending on the language, such as the letter J in English braille, the semivowel YA in Japanese braille, or the consonant JA in Indian braille scripts. As a tactile writing character, it is part of the larger set of 64 possible braille dot combinations that encode alphabets, numbers, punctuation, and contractions, facilitating literacy and communication for visually impaired individuals across linguistic traditions globally.
General Properties
Code Point
U+281A
Name
Braille Pattern Dots-245
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
⠚
HTML Hex Encoding
⠚
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xA0 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding
0x281A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000281A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u281a
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Braille