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braille pattern dots-123467

Braille Pattern Dots-123467

⡯ is a Braille pattern, not a universal Braille letter: its reading depends on the language-specific Braille code and neighboring patterns. It belongs to eight-dot Braille: a dot grid with two extra positions, used in expanded and computer-oriented systems. The system grew from Charles Barbier’s raised-dot method, demonstrated at a Paris school in 1821; Louis Braille adapted it for touch and published his code in 1829.

Text symbol

What ⡯ means

⡯ is the braille pattern dots-123467. Unicode classifies it as an “other symbol” — Unicode's shelf for signs that are neither maths, money nor punctuation and files it in the Braille Patterns block; this site shelves it under Lines & boxes.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

⡯ is a single code point, U286F. In HTML that is ⡯, and in CSS \286F.

Part of the collection

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Braille Symbols

Questions people ask

Why does ⡯ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find ⡯

Search it as: braille · Braille dot 7 · 8-dot Braille · computer Braille · Braille cell · Braille pattern
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 286F, then AltX to get ⡯.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “braille pattern dots-123467”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 286f, then Enter or Space.

HTML

⡯

CSS

\286F

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

⡯

HTML hex

⡯

CSS content

content: "\286F";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E2%A1%AF

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Braille256 symbols

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