Braille Pattern Dots 1-3-5-7

⡕ alone does not name a fixed letter or word: it marks Braille dots 1, 3, 5, and 7. The language’s Braille code supplies its reading; Unicode preserves the dot pattern. In text art, it can be a visual tile.

Text symbol

What ⡕ means

No: the dots describe a shape; a Braille code assigns a letter or sign.

Raised text for touch came first: Valentin Haüy made it in 1786; Charles Barbier presented a related raised-dot system at the Paris institute in 1821. Louis Braille published his alphabet in 1829; the institute adopted it in 1854. Braille’s smaller cell served spelling, punctuation, and music.

Part of the collection

⠃

Braille Symbols

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

Use that language’s code to identify the letter or sign.

Don't confuse it with

⠕

Braille Pattern Dots-135

⠕ has dots 1, 3, and 5; ⡕ adds dot 7 below on the left.

Combination ideas

Three cells form a short dotted strip in text art.

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.