Braille pattern dots-0

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6-dot braille cells
⠀	⠁	⠃	⠉	⠙	⠑	⠋	⠛	⠓	⠊	⠚	⠈	⠘
⠄	⠅	⠇	⠍	⠝	⠕	⠏	⠟	⠗	⠎	⠞	⠌	⠜
⠤	⠥	⠧	⠭	⠽	⠵	⠯	⠿	⠷	⠮	⠾	⠬	⠼
⠠	⠡	⠣	⠩	⠹	⠱	⠫	⠻	⠳	⠪	⠺	⠨	⠸
⠀	⠂	⠆	⠒	⠲	⠢	⠖	⠶	⠦	⠔	⠴	⠐	⠰

This article contains Unicode Braille characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Braille characters.

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 name	BRAILLE PATTERN BLANK
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	10240	U+2800
UTF-8	226 160 128	E2 A0 80
Numeric character reference	⠀	⠀
Braille ASCII	32	20

Unified Braille

In all braille systems, the braille pattern dots-0 is used to represent a space or the lack of content.^[1] 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,^[2] a statement added in response to a comment that it should be treated as a space.^[3]

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 name	BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-7		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-8		BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-78
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	10304	U+2840	10368	U+2880	10432	U+28C0
UTF-8	226 161 128	E2 A1 80	226 162 128	E2 A2 80	226 163 128	E2 A3 80
Numeric character reference	⡀	⡀	⢀	⢀	⣀	⣀

	dot 7	dot 8	dots 78
Gardner Salinas Braille^[4]	end misc. symbol		invert modifier

Notes

^ "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..
^ Unicode chart U+2800, braille patterns
^ Thibault, Samuel. "Comments on Public Review Issues (January 30, 2006 - May 12, 2006)". unicode.org. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "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.

[Unesco-1] "World Braille Usage". UNESCO. Retrieved 2012-04-19..

[Unicode_chart_U2800-2] Unicode chart U+2800, braille patterns

[3] Thibault, Samuel. "Comments on Public Review Issues (January 30, 2006 - May 12, 2006)". unicode.org. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[OSU-4] "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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