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_5	Five Fingers	01-05	S14c	U+FD87C	󽡼

BaseSymbol Table

Hand	Symbol	BaseSymbol	Name	Symbol ID	Symbol Key	Unicode PUA	UTF-8	Valid Fills	Valid Rotations
		BaseSymbol_77	Five Fingers Spread	01-05-001-01	S14c	U+FD87C	󽡼	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_78	Five Fingers Spread Heel	01-05-002-01	S14d	U+FD87D	󽡽	2	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_79	Five Fingers Spread, Four Bent	01-05-003-01	S14e	U+FD87E	󽡾	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_80	Five Fingers Spread, Four Bent Heel	01-05-004-01	S14f	U+FD87F	󽡿	2	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_81	Five Fingers Spread Bent	01-05-005-01	S150	U+FD880	󽢀	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_82	Five Fingers Spread Bent Heel	01-05-006-01	S151	U+FD881	󽢁	2	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_83	Five Fingers Spread, Thumb Forward	01-05-007-01	S152	U+FD882	󽢂	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_84	Five Fingers Spread Cup	01-05-008-01	S153	U+FD883	󽢃	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_85	Five Fingers Spread Cup Open	01-05-009-01	S154	U+FD884	󽢄	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_86	Five Fingers Spread Hinge Open	01-05-010-01	S155	U+FD885	󽢅	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_87	Five Fingers Spread Oval	01-05-011-01	S156	U+FD886	󽢆	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_88	Five Fingers Spread Hinge	01-05-012-01	S157	U+FD887	󽢇	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_89	Five Fingers Spread Hinge, Thumb Side	01-05-013-01	S158	U+FD888	󽢈	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_90	Five Fingers Spread Hinge, No Thumb	01-05-014-01	S159	U+FD889	󽢉	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_91	Flat	01-05-015-01	S15a	U+FD88A	󽢊	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_92	Flat, Between Palm Facings	01-05-016-01	S15b	U+FD88B	󽢋	1 - 4	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_93	Flat Heel	01-05-017-01	S15c	U+FD88C	󽢌	2	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_94	Flat, Thumb Side	01-05-018-01	S15d	U+FD88D	󽢍	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_95	Flat, Thumb Side Heel	01-05-019-01	S15e	U+FD88E	󽢎	2	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_96	Flat, Thumb Bent	01-05-020-01	S15f	U+FD88F	󽢏	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_97	Flat, Thumb Forward	01-05-021-01	S160	U+FD890	󽢐	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_98	Flat Split Index, Thumb Side	01-05-022-01	S161	U+FD891	󽢑	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_99	Flat Split Center	01-05-023-01	S162	U+FD892	󽢒	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_100	Flat Split Center, Thumb Side	01-05-024-01	S163	U+FD893	󽢓	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_101	Flat Split Center, Thumb Side Bent	01-05-025-01	S164	U+FD894	󽢔	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_102	Flat Split Baby	01-05-026-01	S165	U+FD895	󽢕	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_103	Claw	01-05-027-01	S166	U+FD896	󽢖	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_104	Claw, Thumb Side	01-05-028-01	S167	U+FD897	󽢗	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_105	Claw, No Thumb	01-05-029-01	S168	U+FD898	󽢘	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_106	Claw, Thumb Forward	01-05-030-01	S169	U+FD899	󽢙	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_107	Hook Curlicue	01-05-031-01	S16a	U+FD89A	󽢚	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_108	Hook	01-05-032-01	S16b	U+FD89B	󽢛	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_109	Cup Open	01-05-033-01	S16c	U+FD89C	󽢜	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_110	Cup	01-05-034-01	S16d	U+FD89D	󽢝	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_111	Cup Open, Thumb Side	01-05-035-01	S16e	U+FD89E	󽢞	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_112	Cup, Thumb Side	01-05-036-01	S16f	U+FD89F	󽢟	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_113	Cup Open, No Thumb	01-05-037-01	S170	U+FD8A0	󽢠	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_114	Cup, No Thumb	01-05-038-01	S171	U+FD8A1	󽢡	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_115	Cup Open, Thumb Forward	01-05-039-01	S172	U+FD8A2	󽢢	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_116	Cup, Thumb Forward	01-05-040-01	S173	U+FD8A3	󽢣	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_117	Curlicue Open	01-05-041-01	S174	U+FD8A4	󽢤	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_118	Curlicue	01-05-042-01	S175	U+FD8A5	󽢥	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_119	Circle	01-05-043-01	S176	U+FD8A6	󽢦	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_120	Oval	01-05-044-01	S177	U+FD8A7	󽢧	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_121	Oval, Thumb Side	01-05-045-01	S178	U+FD8A8	󽢨	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_122	Oval, No Thumb	01-05-046-01	S179	U+FD8A9	󽢩	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_123	Oval, Thumb Forward	01-05-047-01	S17a	U+FD8AA	󽢪	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_124	Hinge Open	01-05-048-01	S17b	U+FD8AB	󽢫	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_125	Hinge Open, Thumb Forward	01-05-049-01	S17c	U+FD8AC	󽢬	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_126	Hinge	01-05-050-01	S17d	U+FD8AD	󽢭	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_127	Hinge Small	01-05-051-01	S17e	U+FD8AE	󽢮	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_128	Hinge Open, Thumb Side	01-05-052-01	S17f	U+FD8AF	󽢯	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_129	Hinge, Thumb Side	01-05-053-01	S180	U+FD8B0	󽢰	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_130	Hinge Open, No Thumb	01-05-054-01	S181	U+FD8B1	󽢱	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_131	Hinge, No Thumb	01-05-055-01	S182	U+FD8B2	󽢲	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_132	Hinge, Thumb Side Touches Index	01-05-056-01	S183	U+FD8B3	󽢳	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_133	Hinge, Thumb Between Middle Ring	01-05-057-01	S184	U+FD8B4	󽢴	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_134	Angle	01-05-058-01	S185	U+FD8B5	󽢵	1 - 6	1 - 16