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_4Four Fingers01-04S144U+FD874󽡴



BaseSymbol Table

HandSymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_69Four Fingers01-04-001-01S144U+FD874󽡴1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_70Four Fingers Bent01-04-002-01S145U+FD875󽡵1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_71Four Fingers Hinge01-04-003-01S146U+FD876󽡶1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_72Four Fingers Unit01-04-004-01S147U+FD877󽡷1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_73Four Fingers Unit Split01-04-005-01S148U+FD878󽡸1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_74Four Fingers Unit Claw01-04-006-01S149U+FD879󽡹1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_75Four Fingers Unit Bent01-04-007-01S14aU+FD87A󽡺1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_76Four Fingers Unit Hinge01-04-008-01S14bU+FD87B󽡻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