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braille pattern dots-267

Braille pattern dots 267

⡢ is the Braille dots 267 pattern, not a universal reading. Its raised dots are 2, 6, and 7; the language's code and sometimes neighboring cells supply context. Unicode stores the shape, not a translation.

Text symbol
Search it as
Braille 267 · dots 267 · 8-dot Braille
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ⡢ means

Its reading varies by Braille code. ⡢ is an 8-dot Braille pattern with dots 2, 6, and 7 raised; codes may assign it a letter, punctuation, abbreviation, or technical sign.

Unicode records the Braille dot shape, not its reading; a font cannot identify the code.

Valentin Haüy taught blind students with raised Latin letters in 1784. Charles Barbier described a tactile dot system in 1815 and presented it at a Paris school for blind students in 1821 for silent communication and reading. Louis Braille adapted Barbier's system for spelling, punctuation, and music in six dots, publishing versions in 1829 and 1837.

Technical or accessibility use; opaque in chat.

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”
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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 2862, 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-267”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2862, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⡢
CSS
\2862
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⡢
HTML hex
⡢
CSS content
content: "\2862";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A1%A2
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.

Families this belongs to

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Braille256 symbols

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