Unicode Character "⠀" (U+2800)

The character ⠀ (Braille Pattern Blank) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2800. It is encoded in the Braille Patterns block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.0 (September, 1999). It is HTML encoded as ⠀.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Braille Pattern Blank
Unicode Codepoint U+2800
Unicode Version 3.0 (September, 1999)
Block Braille Patterns
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Braille
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2800 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⠀
HTML (hex) ⠀
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%A0%80
CSS \002800
JavaScript, JSON \u2800
C, C++, Java \u2800
Python \u2800
Rust \u{2800}
Ruby \u2800

How to type "⠀"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 8 0 0. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 8 0 0. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ⠀
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⠀
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⠀
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xA0 0x80
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2800
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002800

References