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Unicode Braille Patterns
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256 braille patterns. Tap any value to copy it.
256 braille patterns. A character and its name both copy the character. A code copies the code.
Character
Name
Code point
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U+283F. Dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 10 + 20 in hexadecimal. Every dot of the six-dot cell.
U+2801. Dot 1 raised: 2800 + 1 in hexadecimal. The letter a in English braille.
U+2802. Dot 2 raised: 2800 + 2 in hexadecimal.
U+2804. Dot 3 raised: 2800 + 4 in hexadecimal.
U+2808. Dot 4 raised: 2800 + 8 in hexadecimal.
U+2810. Dot 5 raised: 2800 + 10 in hexadecimal.
U+2820. Dot 6 raised: 2800 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+2840. Dot 7 raised: 2800 + 40 in hexadecimal.
U+2880. Dot 8 raised: 2800 + 80 in hexadecimal.
U+28FF. Dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 10 + 20 + 40 + 80 in hexadecimal. Every dot of the eight-dot cell, the last of the block.
U+2800. No dots raised: the empty cell, the first character of the block. Unicode's note: while this character is imaged as a fixed-width blank in many fonts, it does not act as a space.
U+2803. Dots 1 and 2 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 in hexadecimal. The letter b in English braille.
U+2805. Dots 1 and 3 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 in hexadecimal. The letter k in English braille.
U+2806. Dots 2 and 3 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 in hexadecimal.
U+2807. Dots 1, 2 and 3 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 in hexadecimal. The letter l in English braille.
U+2809. Dots 1 and 4 raised: 2800 + 1 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter c in English braille.
U+280A. Dots 2 and 4 raised: 2800 + 2 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter i in English braille.
U+280B. Dots 1, 2 and 4 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter f in English braille.
U+280C. Dots 3 and 4 raised: 2800 + 4 + 8 in hexadecimal.
U+280D. Dots 1, 3 and 4 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter m in English braille.
U+280E. Dots 2, 3 and 4 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter s in English braille.
U+280F. Dots 1, 2, 3 and 4 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter p in English braille.
U+2811. Dots 1 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter e in English braille.
U+2812. Dots 2 and 5 raised: 2800 + 2 + 10 in hexadecimal.
U+2813. Dots 1, 2 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter h in English braille.
U+2814. Dots 3 and 5 raised: 2800 + 4 + 10 in hexadecimal.
U+2815. Dots 1, 3 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter o in English braille.
U+2816. Dots 2, 3 and 5 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 + 10 in hexadecimal.
U+2817. Dots 1, 2, 3 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter r in English braille.
U+2818. Dots 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal.
U+2819. Dots 1, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter d in English braille.
U+281A. Dots 2, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 2 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter j in English braille.
U+281B. Dots 1, 2, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter g in English braille.
U+281C. Dots 3, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 4 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal.
U+281D. Dots 1, 3, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter n in English braille.
U+281E. Dots 2, 3, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter t in English braille.
U+281F. Dots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter q in English braille.
U+2821. Dots 1 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+2822. Dots 2 and 6 raised: 2800 + 2 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+2823. Dots 1, 2 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+2824. Dots 3 and 6 raised: 2800 + 4 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+2825. Dots 1, 3 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 + 20 in hexadecimal. The letter u in English braille.
U+2826. Dots 2, 3 and 6 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+2827. Dots 1, 2, 3 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 20 in hexadecimal. The letter v in English braille.
U+2828. Dots 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+2829. Dots 1, 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+282A. Dots 2, 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 2 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+282B. Dots 1, 2, 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+282C. Dots 3, 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 4 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
U+282D. Dots 1, 3, 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal. The letter x in English braille.
U+282E. Dots 2, 3, 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
Unicode braille patterns are the 256 characters from U+2800 to U+28FF: every way of raising the eight dots of a braille cell. Some apps strip or block these characters, and screen readers may read them badly.
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How a code point is built
Each raised dot adds one value to 2800, in hexadecimal: dot 1 adds 1, dot 2 adds 2, dot 3 adds 4, dot 4 adds 8, dot 5 adds 10, dot 6 adds 20, dot 7 adds 40 and dot 8 adds 80. Dots 1, 2 and 5 make 13, so ⠓ is U+2813.
How the dots are numbered
Dots 1, 2 and 3 run down the left of the cell and 4, 5 and 6 down the right. Dots 7 and 8 sit beneath them, for eight-dot braille. The first 64 characters, U+2800 to U+283F, are the six-dot cells.
Unicode gives a cell no meaning: its name lists the raised dots only. ⠓ is h in English braille and other letters in other scripts.
The 26 cells that stand for a to z in English braille carry that letter in their row.
Questions and answers
How many braille patterns are in Unicode?
256, from U+2800 to U+28FF: every combination of eight dots, each raised or not. 64 of them, the six-dot cells, use only dots 1 to 6. The block has been in Unicode since version 3.0, in 1999.
What is the Unicode for a braille letter?
Unicode names cells by their dots, not by letters. In English braille a is ⠁, U+2801, dot 1; b is ⠃, U+2803, dots 1 and 2; c is ⠉, U+2809, dots 1 and 4.
Is there an HTML code or an Alt code for a braille cell?
No cell has a named HTML entity or an Alt code. A numeric reference works for every one: ⠓ or ⠓ is ⠓, the code point written in decimal or in hexadecimal.
Why do braille patterns show as empty boxes?
The font on that device has no braille cells. They have been in Unicode since 1999, so most devices draw them. The first cell, U+2800, has no dots and draws nothing even where the font is present.
All 256 braille patterns
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⠀Braille pattern blankU+2800. No dots raised: the empty cell, the first character of the block. Unicode's note: while this character is imaged as a fixed-width blank in many fonts, it does not act as a space.
⠁Braille pattern dots-1U+2801. Dot 1 raised: 2800 + 1 in hexadecimal. The letter a in English braille.
⠿Braille pattern dots-123456U+283F. Dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 10 + 20 in hexadecimal. Every dot of the six-dot cell.
⣿Braille pattern dots-12345678U+28FF. Dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 10 + 20 + 40 + 80 in hexadecimal. Every dot of the eight-dot cell, the last of the block.
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Six-dot cells 56
⠃Braille pattern dots-12U+2803. Dots 1 and 2 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 in hexadecimal. The letter b in English braille.
⠅Braille pattern dots-13U+2805. Dots 1 and 3 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 in hexadecimal. The letter k in English braille.
⠉Braille pattern dots-14U+2809. Dots 1 and 4 raised: 2800 + 1 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter c in English braille.
⠑Braille pattern dots-15U+2811. Dots 1 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter e in English braille.
⠡Braille pattern dots-16U+2821. Dots 1 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠆Braille pattern dots-23U+2806. Dots 2 and 3 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 in hexadecimal.
⠊Braille pattern dots-24U+280A. Dots 2 and 4 raised: 2800 + 2 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter i in English braille.
⠒Braille pattern dots-25U+2812. Dots 2 and 5 raised: 2800 + 2 + 10 in hexadecimal.
⠢Braille pattern dots-26U+2822. Dots 2 and 6 raised: 2800 + 2 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠌Braille pattern dots-34U+280C. Dots 3 and 4 raised: 2800 + 4 + 8 in hexadecimal.
⠔Braille pattern dots-35U+2814. Dots 3 and 5 raised: 2800 + 4 + 10 in hexadecimal.
⠤Braille pattern dots-36U+2824. Dots 3 and 6 raised: 2800 + 4 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠘Braille pattern dots-45U+2818. Dots 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal.
⠨Braille pattern dots-46U+2828. Dots 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠰Braille pattern dots-56U+2830. Dots 5 and 6 raised: 2800 + 10 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠇Braille pattern dots-123U+2807. Dots 1, 2 and 3 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 in hexadecimal. The letter l in English braille.
⠋Braille pattern dots-124U+280B. Dots 1, 2 and 4 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter f in English braille.
⠓Braille pattern dots-125U+2813. Dots 1, 2 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter h in English braille.
⠣Braille pattern dots-126U+2823. Dots 1, 2 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠍Braille pattern dots-134U+280D. Dots 1, 3 and 4 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter m in English braille.
⠕Braille pattern dots-135U+2815. Dots 1, 3 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter o in English braille.
⠥Braille pattern dots-136U+2825. Dots 1, 3 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 4 + 20 in hexadecimal. The letter u in English braille.
⠙Braille pattern dots-145U+2819. Dots 1, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter d in English braille.
⠩Braille pattern dots-146U+2829. Dots 1, 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠱Braille pattern dots-156U+2831. Dots 1, 5 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 10 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠎Braille pattern dots-234U+280E. Dots 2, 3 and 4 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter s in English braille.
⠖Braille pattern dots-235U+2816. Dots 2, 3 and 5 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 + 10 in hexadecimal.
⠦Braille pattern dots-236U+2826. Dots 2, 3 and 6 raised: 2800 + 2 + 4 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠚Braille pattern dots-245U+281A. Dots 2, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 2 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter j in English braille.
⠪Braille pattern dots-246U+282A. Dots 2, 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 2 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠲Braille pattern dots-256U+2832. Dots 2, 5 and 6 raised: 2800 + 2 + 10 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠜Braille pattern dots-345U+281C. Dots 3, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 4 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal.
⠬Braille pattern dots-346U+282C. Dots 3, 4 and 6 raised: 2800 + 4 + 8 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠴Braille pattern dots-356U+2834. Dots 3, 5 and 6 raised: 2800 + 4 + 10 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠸Braille pattern dots-456U+2838. Dots 4, 5 and 6 raised: 2800 + 8 + 10 + 20 in hexadecimal.
⠏Braille pattern dots-1234U+280F. Dots 1, 2, 3 and 4 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 in hexadecimal. The letter p in English braille.
⠗Braille pattern dots-1235U+2817. Dots 1, 2, 3 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter r in English braille.
⠧Braille pattern dots-1236U+2827. Dots 1, 2, 3 and 6 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 20 in hexadecimal. The letter v in English braille.
⠛Braille pattern dots-1245U+281B. Dots 1, 2, 4 and 5 raised: 2800 + 1 + 2 + 8 + 10 in hexadecimal. The letter g in English braille.