ISWA 2010 International SignWriting Alphabet HTML Reference

Writing symbols

Used in 2-dimensional clusters to write signs.

Category 1: Hands

Handshapes from over 40 Sign Languages are placed in 10 groups based on the numbers 1-10 in American Sign Language.

SymbolGroup Table

Hand	Symbol	SymbolGroup	Name	Symbol ID	Symbol Key	Unicode PUA	UTF-8
		SymbolGroup_1	Index	01-01	S100	U+FD830	󽠰

BaseSymbol Table

Hand	Symbol	BaseSymbol	Name	Symbol ID	Symbol Key	Unicode PUA	UTF-8	Valid Fills	Valid Rotations
		BaseSymbol_1	Index	01-01-001-01	S100	U+FD830	󽠰	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_2	Index on Circle	01-01-002-01	S101	U+FD831	󽠱	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_3	Index on Cup	01-01-003-01	S102	U+FD832	󽠲	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_4	Index on Oval	01-01-004-01	S103	U+FD833	󽠳	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_5	Index on Hinge	01-01-005-01	S104	U+FD834	󽠴	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_6	Index on Angle	01-01-006-01	S105	U+FD835	󽠵	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_7	Index Bent	01-01-007-01	S106	U+FD836	󽠶	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_8	Index Bent on Circle	01-01-008-01	S107	U+FD837	󽠷	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_9	Index Bent on Fist Thumb Under	01-01-009-01	S108	U+FD838	󽠸	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_10	Index Raised Knuckle	01-01-010-01	S109	U+FD839	󽠹	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_11	Index Cup	01-01-011-01	S10a	U+FD83A	󽠺	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_12	Index Hinge on Fist	01-01-012-01	S10b	U+FD83B	󽠻	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_13	Index Hinge on Fist Low	01-01-013-01	S10c	U+FD83C	󽠼	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_14	Index Hinge on Circle	01-01-014-01	S10d	U+FD83D	󽠽	1 - 6	1 - 16