6-dot braille cells

The Braille pattern dots-0 ( ⠀ ), also called a blank Braille pattern, is a 6-dot or 8-dot braille cell with no dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2800, and in Braille ASCII with a space

Character information
Preview
Unicode nameBRAILLE PATTERN BLANK
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode10240U+2800
UTF-8226 160 128E2 A0 80
Numeric character reference⠀⠀
Braille ASCII3220

Unified Braille

In all braille systems, the braille pattern dots-0 is used to represent a space or the lack of content. In particular some fonts display the character as a fixed-width blank. However, the Unicode standard explicitly states that it does not act as a space, a statement added in response to a comment that it should be treated as a space.

Plus dots 7 and 8

Related to Braille pattern dots-0 are Braille patterns 7, 8, and 78, which are used in 8-dot braille systems, such as Gardner-Salinas and Luxembourgish Braille.

Character information
Preview
Unicode nameBRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-7BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-8BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-78
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechex
Unicode10304U+284010368U+288010432U+28C0
UTF-8226 161 128E2 A1 80226 162 128E2 A2 80226 163 128E2 A3 80
Numeric character reference⡀⡀⢀⢀⣀⣀
dot 7dot 8dots 78
Gardner Salinas Brailleend misc. symbolinvert modifier

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