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braille pattern dots-57

Braille Pattern Dots-57

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⡐ is an eight-dot Braille pattern with dots 5 and 7 raised; by itself, it has no universal letter or word reading. A pattern’s reading depends on the Braille code in use: the familiar reading system uses six-dot cells (one sign’s dot layout), while eight-dot Braille adds two positions for technical and computer text. Braille developed from raised-dot experiments in 1821 linked to silent communication and learning to read by touch.

Text symbol

What ⡐ means

⡐ is the braille pattern dots-57. Unicode classifies it as an “other symbol” — Unicode's shelf for signs that are neither maths, money nor punctuation and files it in the Braille Patterns block; this site shelves it under Lines & boxes.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

⡐ is a single code point, U2850. In HTML that is ⡐, and in CSS \2850.

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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 or find ⡐

Search it as
braille 57 · braille dots 57 meaning · 8 dot braille · computer braille · ⡐ meaning
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2850, then AltX 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-57”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2850, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⡐
CSS
\2850
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⡐
HTML hex
⡐
CSS content
content: "\2850";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A1%90
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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.

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