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_18Curves Hit Floor Plane02-08S2b7U+FD9E7󽧧



BaseSymbol Table

SymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_440Curve Hits Ceiling Small02-08-001-01S2b7U+FD9E7󽧧1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_441Curve Hits Ceiling Large02-08-001-02S2b8U+FD9E8󽧨1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_442Hump Hits Ceiling 2 Humps Small02-08-002-01S2b9U+FD9E9󽧩1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_443Hump Hits Ceiling 2 Humps Large02-08-002-02S2baU+FD9EA󽧪1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_444Hump Hits Ceiling 3 Humps Small02-08-002-03S2bbU+FD9EB󽧫1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_445Hump Hits Ceiling 3 Humps Large02-08-002-04S2bcU+FD9EC󽧬1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_446Loop Hits Ceiling Small Single02-08-003-01S2bdU+FD9ED󽧭1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_447Loop Hits Ceiling Large Single02-08-003-02S2beU+FD9EE󽧮1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_448Loop Hits Ceiling Small Double02-08-003-03S2bfU+FD9EF󽧯1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_449Loop Hits Ceiling Large Double02-08-003-04S2c0U+FD9F0󽧰1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_450Wave Hits Ceiling Small02-08-004-01S2c1U+FD9F1󽧱1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_451Wave Hits Ceiling Large02-08-004-02S2c2U+FD9F2󽧲1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_452Rotation Single Hits Ceiling02-08-005-01S2c3U+FD9F3󽧳1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_453Rotation Double Hits Ceiling02-08-006-01S2c4U+FD9F4󽧴1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_454Rotation Alternating Hits Ceiling02-08-007-01S2c5U+FD9F5󽧵1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_455Curve Hits Floor Small02-08-008-01S2c6U+FD9F6󽧶1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_456Curve Hits Floor Large02-08-008-02S2c7U+FD9F7󽧷1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_457Hump Hits Floor 2 Humps Small02-08-009-01S2c8U+FD9F8󽧸1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_458Hump Hits Floor 2 Humps Large02-08-009-02S2c9U+FD9F9󽧹1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_459Hump Hits Floor 3 Humps Small02-08-009-03S2caU+FD9FA󽧺1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_460Hump Hits Floor 3 Humps Large02-08-009-04S2cbU+FD9FB󽧻1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_461Loop Hits Floor Small Single02-08-010-01S2ccU+FD9FC󽧼1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_462Loop Hits Floor Large Single02-08-010-02S2cdU+FD9FD󽧽1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_463Loop Hits Floor Small Double02-08-010-03S2ceU+FD9FE󽧾1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_464Loop Hits Floor Large Double02-08-010-04S2cfU+FD9FF󽧿1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_465Wave Hits Floor Small02-08-011-01S2d0U+FDA00󽨀1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_466Wave Hits Floor Large02-08-011-02S2d1U+FDA01󽨁1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_467Rotation Single Hits Floor02-08-012-01S2d2U+FDA02󽨂1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_468Rotation Double Hits Floor02-08-013-01S2d3U+FDA03󽨃1 - 61 - 8
BaseSymbol_469Rotation Alternating Hits Floor02-08-014-01S2d4U+FDA04󽨄1 - 61 - 8



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