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braille pattern dots-45

Braille pattern dots 4–5

⠘ is a Braille cell with dots 4 and 5 raised; Braille uses raised dots, and readings depend on the code. In Unified English Braille (UEB), it begins shortened word forms. Louis Braille learned Charles Barbier’s code at school in 1821 and published a six-dot system for words and music in 1829. Barbier’s 1815 proposal aimed to help blind and partially sighted readers; the military “night writing” story arose in the 1950s.

Text symbol
Search it as
braille dots 4 5 · dots 45 braille · braille dot 45 · braille 45 contraction · UEB dots 45
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ⠘ means

It starts a shortened spelling; the next cell completes it.

The 2024 Unified English Braille rules give ⠘⠥ for “upon,” ⠘⠮ for “these,” ⠘⠹ for “those,” and ⠘⠱ for “whose”; ⠘⠺ stands for “word.” These readings belong to English Braille; check the applicable code before reading a bare cell.

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”
⠄
Braille Pattern Dots-3
shares “braille”, “dots”, “pattern”

Combination ideas

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In UEB, this two-cell form stands for “upon.”
In UEB, this two-cell form stands for “these.”
In UEB, this two-cell form stands for “those.”

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 2818, 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-45”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2818, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⠘
CSS
\2818
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⠘
HTML hex
⠘
CSS content
content: "\2818";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A0%98
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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