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braille pattern dots-1268

Braille Pattern Dots-1268

⢣ marks dots 1, 2, 6, and 8 in a Braille cell; the language's Braille code determines its reading. Its six-dot core is ⠣, extended by dot 8 below.

Text symbol
Search it as
braille dots 1268 · 8-dot Braille · Braille cell 1268
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ⢣ means

Its value comes from the Braille code in use. Unicode 16.0 records a dot shape, not a universal letter. A language's code may assign it to a letter, number, punctuation mark, or another sign.

How did Braille's dot system develop?

It grew from raised-dot writing for blind readers. Charles Barbier proposed a 12-dot system in 1815 for blind and partially sighted readers. It was tried at Louis Braille's Paris school in 1821. Braille's six-dot system for words and music appeared in a 1829 publication.

An eight-dot cell adds positions 7 and 8 below the six-dot cell.

Don't confuse it with

4
⠁
Braille Pattern Dots-1
shares “braille”, “dots”, “pattern”
⠂
Braille Pattern Dots-2
shares “braille”, “dots”, “pattern”
⠃
Braille Pattern Dots-12
shares “braille”, “dots”, “pattern”
⠄
Braille Pattern Dots-3
shares “braille”, “dots”, “pattern”

Questions people ask

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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 ⢣

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 28A3, then Alt+X 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-1268”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 28a3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⢣
CSS
\28A3
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⢣
HTML hex
⢣
CSS content
content: "\28A3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A2%A3
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
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

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Braille256 symbols

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