ISWA 2010

International SignWriting Alphabet

HTML Reference

Writing symbols

Used in 2-dimensional clusters to write signs.

Category 2: Movement

Contact symbols, small finger movements, straight arrows, curved arrows and circles are placed into 10 groups based on planes: The Front Wall Plane includes movement that is "parallel to the front wall" and the Floor Plane includes movement that is "parallel to the floor".

SymbolGroup Table

SymbolSymbolGroupNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8
SymbolGroup_15Straight Floor Plane02-05S265U+FD995󽦕



BaseSymbol Table

SymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_358Single Straight Movement, Floor Plane Small02-05-001-01S265U+FD995󽦕1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_359Single Straight Movement, Floor Plane Medium02-05-001-02S266U+FD996󽦖1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_360Single Straight Movement, Floor Plane Large02-05-001-03S267U+FD997󽦗1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_361Single Straight Movement, Floor Plane Largest02-05-001-04S268U+FD998󽦘1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_362Single Wrist Flex, Floor Plane02-05-001-05S269U+FD999󽦙1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_363Double Straight Movement, Floor Plane02-05-002-01S26aU+FD99A󽦚1 - 31 - 8
BaseSymbol_364Double Wrist Flex, Floor Plane02-05-002-02S26bU+FD99B󽦛1 - 31 - 8
BaseSymbol_365Double Alternating Movement, Floor Plane02-05-003-01S26cU+FD99C󽦜1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_366Double Alternating Wrist Flex, Floor Plane02-05-003-02S26dU+FD99D󽦝1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_367Cross Movement, Floor Plane02-05-004-01S26eU+FD99E󽦞1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_368Triple Straight Movement, Floor Plane02-05-005-01S26fU+FD99F󽦟1 - 31 - 8
BaseSymbol_369Triple Wrist Flex, Floor Plane02-05-005-02S270U+FD9A0󽦠1 - 31 - 8
BaseSymbol_370Triple Alternating Movement, Floor Plane02-05-006-01S271U+FD9A1󽦡1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_371Triple Alternating Wrist Flex, Floor Plane02-05-006-02S272U+FD9A2󽦢1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_372Bend, Floor Plane02-05-007-01S273U+FD9A3󽦣1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_373Corner, Floor Plane Small02-05-008-01S274U+FD9A4󽦤1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_374Corner, Floor Plane Medium02-05-008-02S275U+FD9A5󽦥1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_375Corner, Floor Plane Large02-05-008-03S276U+FD9A6󽦦1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_376Check, Floor Plane02-05-009-01S277U+FD9A7󽦧1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_377Box, Floor Plane Small02-05-010-01S278U+FD9A8󽦨1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_378Box, Floor Plane Medium02-05-010-02S279U+FD9A9󽦩1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_379Box, Floor Plane Large02-05-010-03S27aU+FD9AA󽦪1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_380Zigzag, Floor Plane Small02-05-011-01S27bU+FD9AB󽦫1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_381Zigzag, Floor Plane Medium02-05-011-02S27cU+FD9AC󽦬1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_382Zigzag, Floor Plane Large02-05-011-03S27dU+FD9AD󽦭1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_383Peaks, Floor Plane Small02-05-012-01S27eU+FD9AE󽦮1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_384Peaks, Floor Plane Medium02-05-012-02S27fU+FD9AF󽦯1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_385Peaks, Floor Plane Large02-05-012-03S280U+FD9B0󽦰1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_386Travel Rotation Single Floor Plane02-05-013-01S281U+FD9B1󽦱1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_387Travel Rotation Double Floor Plane02-05-014-01S282U+FD9B2󽦲1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_388Travel Rotation Alternating Floor Plane02-05-015-01S283U+FD9B3󽦳1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_389Travel Rotation Single Wall Plane02-05-016-01S284U+FD9B4󽦴1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_390Travel Rotation Double Wall Plane02-05-017-01S285U+FD9B5󽦵1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_391Travel Rotation Alternating Wall Plane02-05-018-01S286U+FD9B6󽦶1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_392Travel Shaking Floor Plane02-05-019-01S287U+FD9B7󽦷1 - 31 - 8



ISWA 2010 symbols
designed by Valerie Sutton

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January 12th, 2012