What ⠚ means
English braille uses j; Modern Arabic braille uses ج. Unicode encodes the cell's six-dot shape; each braille code assigns its reading.
Charles Barbier published raised-point writing in 1815 and demonstrated it at a Paris school for blind students in 1821. Louis Braille adapted it into a six-dot code: an early version appeared in 1829, the final dot-only form in 1837. It let blind readers read and write by touch.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsThe letter j.
Related characters
2
Questions people ask
1Does ⠚ make raised dots on a screen?
No. A screen shows text; tactile dots need an embosser or a braille display with pins.
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How to type or find ⠚
- Also called
- braille j
- Search it as
- j braille · dots 245
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⠚CSS
\281ACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⠚
HTML hex
⠚
CSS content
content: "\281A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A0%9A
1
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.