BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-123467·U+286F

Character Information

Code Point
U+286F
HEX
286F
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 A1 AF
11100010 10100001 10101111
UTF16 (big Endian)
28 6F
00101000 01101111
UTF16 (little Endian)
6F 28
01101111 00101000
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 28 6F
00000000 00000000 00101000 01101111
UTF32 (little Endian)
6F 28 00 00
01101111 00101000 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⡯
URI Encoded
%E2%A1%AF

Description

U+286F, also known as Braille Pattern Dots-123467, is a crucial character in the Unicode standard. Its primary role lies in digital text, specifically within the realm of braille translation for visually impaired individuals. As part of the braille system, this character helps to represent individual letters and symbols, allowing users to access written content through tactile means. The Braille Pattern Dots-123467 is one of the 6 possible configurations of the braille cell, which comprises 6 dots arranged in a rectangular grid. Each dot's presence or absence corresponds to a particular letter, number, or symbol in the braille alphabet. The character plays an essential part in bridging the gap between sighted and visually impaired individuals by enabling the accessibility of written information.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 10351 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+286F. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+286F to binary: 00101000 01101111. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100010 10100001 10101111