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_2Index Middle01-02S10eU+FD83E󽠾



BaseSymbol Table

HandSymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_15Index Middle01-02-001-01S10eU+FD83E󽠾1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_16Index Middle on Circle01-02-002-01S10fU+FD83F󽠿1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_17Index Middle Bent01-02-003-01S110U+FD840󽡀1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_18Index Middle Raised Knuckles01-02-004-01S111U+FD841󽡁1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_19Index Middle Hinge01-02-005-01S112U+FD842󽡂1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_20Index Up, Middle Hinge01-02-006-01S113U+FD843󽡃1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_21Index Hinge, Middle Up01-02-007-01S114U+FD844󽡄1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_22Index Middle Unit01-02-008-01S115U+FD845󽡅1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_23Index Middle Unit, Index Bent01-02-009-01S116U+FD846󽡆1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_24Index Middle Unit, Middle Bent01-02-010-01S117U+FD847󽡇1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_25Index Middle Unit, Cup01-02-011-01S118U+FD848󽡈1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_26Index Middle Unit, Hinge01-02-012-01S119U+FD849󽡉1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_27Index Middle Cross01-02-013-01S11aU+FD84A󽡊1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_28Index Middle Cross on Circle01-02-014-01S11bU+FD84B󽡋1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_29Middle Bent Over Index01-02-015-01S11cU+FD84C󽡌1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_30Index Bent Over Middle01-02-016-01S11dU+FD84D󽡍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