What ⡜ means
No universal letter reading applies. Braille dots 3457 include dot 7, making ⡜ an eight-dot cell. Unicode preserves the pattern; the language and Braille code determine its reading.
Charles Barbier’s raised-dot “night writing,” made for silent military messages, was published in 1815. Louis Braille reshaped the idea into a compact six-dot cell readable with one fingertip; his 1829 publication covered spelling, punctuation, music and other notation.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⡜ look different in different fonts?
Yes. Fonts and text engines can vary its size and dot spacing; Unicode preserves the dot pattern, not one exact drawing.
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How to type or find ⡜
- Search it as
- braille 3457 · braille dot 7 · 8-dot braille · computer braille
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⡜CSS
\285CCan six-key Braille enter dot 7?
A six-key computer Braille mode may lack dot 7; use eight-dot mode or your device’s Unicode input.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⡜
HTML hex
⡜
CSS content
content: "\285C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A1%9C
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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.