Braille pattern dots-0

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⠀ (braille pattern blank) 
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.[1]

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⡀ (braille pattern dots-7) ⢀ (braille pattern dots-8) ⣀ (braille pattern dots-78) 
Unicode nameBRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-7BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-8BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-78
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhexdecimalhex
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 Braille [2] end misc. symbol invert modifier

Notes

  1. ↑ "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19. .
  2. ↑ "Index of Topics in Braille Section". Oregon State University Science Access Project Braille topics. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
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