Technical information

Symbol
NameBraille pattern blank
Unicode numberU+2800
CategoryBraille Patterns
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⠀, or U+2800, is named "Braille Pattern Blank". It belongs to the "Braille Patterns" block, which includes characters representing Braille, the tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired or blind. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, the Braille Pattern Blank represents a Braille cell with no raised dots. In the Braille system, different combinations of raised dots in a cell represent different letters, numbers, or punctuation. A blank Braille cell, as represented by U+2800, is equivalent to a space in non-tactile writing systems, used to separate words and sentences. Its specific usage can depend on the rules of the Braille system being used.

Encoding

HTML Entity⠀
HTML Entity (hex)⠀
URL Escape Code%E2%A0%80
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0xA0 0x80
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10100000:10000000
UTF-160x2800
UTF-320x00002800

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2800"
CSS Code\2800
JavaScript"\u2800"
Perl\x{2800}
Python 2u"\u2800"
Python 3\u2800
Ruby\u{2800}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⠀ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#10240;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2800";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References