U+2880 "⢀" Braille Pattern Dots-8 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2880 "⢀" Braille Pattern Dots-8 is a specific Braille pattern symbol that represents a cell containing only the single dot at position eight, which is the lower rightmost dot in an eight dot Braille cell system. This character is part of the Braille Patterns block in Unicode, which encodes all 256 possible combinations of the eight standard Braille dots. In the six dot Braille system, dot eight is not used, but in the extended eight dot system it allows for the representation of additional characters, mathematical symbols, and specialized tactile notations. The U+2880 pattern is often utilized in computer Braille translation and refreshable Braille displays to encode unique values or as a formatting marker in digital Braille documents.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2880
Name
Braille Pattern Dots-8
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
⢀
HTML Hex Encoding
⢀
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xA2 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2880
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002880
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2880
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Braille