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

HandSymbolSymbolGroupNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8
SymbolGroup_7Ring Finger01-07S1a4U+FD8D4󽣔



BaseSymbol Table

HandSymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_165Index Middle Baby01-07-001-01S1a4U+FD8D4󽣔1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_166Index Middle Baby on Circle01-07-002-01S1a5U+FD8D5󽣕1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_167Index Middle Baby on Hinge01-07-003-01S1a6U+FD8D6󽣖1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_168Ring Hinge01-07-004-01S1a7U+FD8D7󽣗1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_169Index Middle Baby on Angle01-07-005-01S1a8U+FD8D8󽣘1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_170Index Middle Cross with Baby01-07-006-01S1a9U+FD8D9󽣙1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_171Index Middle Cross with Baby on Circle01-07-007-01S1aaU+FD8DA󽣚1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_172Ring Down01-07-008-01S1abU+FD8DB󽣛1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_173Ring Down, Index Thumb Hook, Middle Hinge01-07-009-01S1acU+FD8DC󽣜1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_174Ring Down, Middle Thumb Angle, Index Cross01-07-010-01S1adU+FD8DD󽣝1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_175Ring Up01-07-011-01S1aeU+FD8DE󽣞1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_176Ring Raised Knuckle01-07-012-01S1afU+FD8DF󽣟1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_177Ring Baby01-07-013-01S1b0U+FD8E0󽣠1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_178Ring Baby on Circle01-07-014-01S1b1U+FD8E1󽣡1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_179Ring Baby on Oval01-07-015-01S1b2U+FD8E2󽣢1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_180Ring Baby on Angle01-07-016-01S1b3U+FD8E3󽣣1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_181Ring Middle01-07-017-01S1b4U+FD8E4󽣤1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_182Ring Middle Unit01-07-018-01S1b5U+FD8E5󽣥1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_183Ring Middle Raised Knuckles01-07-019-01S1b6U+FD8E6󽣦1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_184Ring Index01-07-020-01S1b7U+FD8E7󽣧1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_185Ring Thumb01-07-021-01S1b8U+FD8E8󽣨1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_186Ring Thumb Hook01-07-022-01S1b9U+FD8E9󽣩1 - 61 - 16



ISWA 2010 symbols
designed by Valerie Sutton

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Hand photos by Adam Frost
ISWA 2010 HTML Reference
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Stephen E Slevinski Jr.

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January 12th, 2012