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_5Five Fingers01-05S14cU+FD87C󽡼



BaseSymbol Table

HandSymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_95Flat, Thumb Side Heel01-05-019-01S15eU+FD88E󽢎21 - 16



Symbol Table

ImageSymbol IDSymbol CodeSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8
01-05-019-01-02-019041S15e10U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD820󽢎󽠑󽠠
01-05-019-01-02-029042S15e11U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD821󽢎󽠑󽠡
01-05-019-01-02-039043S15e12U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD822󽢎󽠑󽠢
01-05-019-01-02-049044S15e13U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD823󽢎󽠑󽠣
01-05-019-01-02-059045S15e14U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD824󽢎󽠑󽠤
01-05-019-01-02-069046S15e15U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD825󽢎󽠑󽠥
01-05-019-01-02-079047S15e16U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD826󽢎󽠑󽠦
01-05-019-01-02-089048S15e17U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD827󽢎󽠑󽠧
01-05-019-01-02-099049S15e18U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD828󽢎󽠑󽠨
01-05-019-01-02-109050S15e19U+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD829󽢎󽠑󽠩
01-05-019-01-02-119051S15e1aU+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD82A󽢎󽠑󽠪
01-05-019-01-02-129052S15e1bU+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD82B󽢎󽠑󽠫
01-05-019-01-02-139053S15e1cU+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD82C󽢎󽠑󽠬
01-05-019-01-02-149054S15e1dU+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD82D󽢎󽠑󽠭
01-05-019-01-02-159055S15e1eU+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD82E󽢎󽠑󽠮
01-05-019-01-02-169056S15e1fU+FD88E, U+FD811, U+FD82F󽢎󽠑󽠯



ISWA 2010 symbols
designed by Valerie Sutton

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Hand photos by Adam Frost
ISWA 2010 HTML Reference
Copyright 2007-2012
Stephen E Slevinski Jr.

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January 12th, 2012