What ⠡ means
Unicode 16.0 records the dot pattern, not a fixed reading.
A six-dot Braille cell has two columns of three: dot 1 is upper left; dot 6, lower right.
Fonts draw it onscreen; their dot size does not define tactile dot size.
How did six-dot Braille develop?
Valentin Haüy presented raised letters for blind readers in 1786; Charles Barbier developed tactile point-writing in 1815. Louis Braille’s compact six-dot system grew from that broader work and was published in 1829.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsAn unexplained pattern; the sender’s intended reading is unclear.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why 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.
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How to type or find ⠡
- Search it as
- braille dots 16 · braille dots 1 and 6 · braille cell dots 1 6
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⠡\2821Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.