Braille Pattern Dots-1234-8 - ⠏ U+280F

Details

• Character: ⠏
• Unicode: U+280F
• Name: BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1234-8
• Category: Braille Patterns
• Block: Braille Patterns (2800–28FF)
• Plane: Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP)

Description

This character is part of the Braille Patterns block in Unicode. It represents the Braille pattern with dots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 raised. In standard Braille, this pattern is used to represent the letter ‘p’ in many Braille alphabets.

Representation

The dots in this Braille cell are arranged as follows:

1 o  o 4
2 o  o 5
3 o  o 6
7 o  o 8

Where dots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 are raised (filled), and dots 5, 6, and 7 are not raised.

Usage

This Braille pattern is commonly used to represent:

• The letter ‘p’ in Grade 1 Braille in many languages
• Part of various contractions in Grade 2 Braille
• Various mathematical or musical notations in specialized Braille codes

HTML Entity

• Decimal: ⠏
• Hexadecimal: ⠏

CSS

.braille-u280f::before {
  content: "\280F";
}