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

Hand	Symbol	SymbolGroup	Name	Symbol ID	Symbol Key	Unicode PUA	UTF-8
		SymbolGroup_6	Baby Finger	01-06	S186	U+FD8B6	󽢶

BaseSymbol Table

Hand	Symbol	BaseSymbol	Name	Symbol ID	Symbol Key	Unicode PUA	UTF-8	Valid Fills	Valid Rotations
		BaseSymbol_135	Index Middle Ring	01-06-001-01	S186	U+FD8B6	󽢶	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_136	Index Middle Ring on Circle	01-06-002-01	S187	U+FD8B7	󽢷	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_137	Index Middle Ring on Hinge	01-06-003-01	S188	U+FD8B8	󽢸	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_138	Index Middle Ring on Angle	01-06-004-01	S189	U+FD8B9	󽢹	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_139	Baby Hinge	01-06-005-01	S18a	U+FD8BA	󽢺	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_140	Index Middle Ring, Bent	01-06-006-01	S18b	U+FD8BB	󽢻	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_141	Index Middle Ring, Unit	01-06-007-01	S18c	U+FD8BC	󽢼	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_142	Index Middle Ring, Unit Hinge	01-06-008-01	S18d	U+FD8BD	󽢽	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_143	Baby Down	01-06-009-01	S18e	U+FD8BE	󽢾	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_144	Baby Down, Ripple Straight	01-06-010-01	S18f	U+FD8BF	󽢿	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_145	Baby Down, Ripple Curved	01-06-011-01	S190	U+FD8C0	󽣀	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_146	Baby Down, Others Circle	01-06-012-01	S191	U+FD8C1	󽣁	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_147	Baby Up	01-06-013-01	S192	U+FD8C2	󽣂	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_148	Baby Up on Fist Thumb Under	01-06-014-01	S193	U+FD8C3	󽣃	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_149	Baby Up on Circle	01-06-015-01	S194	U+FD8C4	󽣄	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_150	Baby Up on Oval	01-06-016-01	S195	U+FD8C5	󽣅	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_151	Baby Up on Angle	01-06-017-01	S196	U+FD8C6	󽣆	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_152	Baby Raised Knuckle	01-06-018-01	S197	U+FD8C7	󽣇	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_153	Baby Bent	01-06-019-01	S198	U+FD8C8	󽣈	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_154	Baby Touches Thumb	01-06-020-01	S199	U+FD8C9	󽣉	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_155	Baby Thumb	01-06-021-01	S19a	U+FD8CA	󽣊	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_156	Baby Thumb on Hinge	01-06-022-01	S19b	U+FD8CB	󽣋	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_157	Baby Index Thumb	01-06-023-01	S19c	U+FD8CC	󽣌	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_158	Baby Index Thumb on Hinge	01-06-024-01	S19d	U+FD8CD	󽣍	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_159	Baby Index Thumb, Index Thumb Angle Out	01-06-025-01	S19e	U+FD8CE	󽣎	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_160	Baby Index Thumb, Index Thumb Angle	01-06-026-01	S19f	U+FD8CF	󽣏	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_161	Baby Index	01-06-027-01	S1a0	U+FD8D0	󽣐	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_162	Baby Index on Circle	01-06-028-01	S1a1	U+FD8D1	󽣑	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_163	Baby Index on Hinge	01-06-029-01	S1a2	U+FD8D2	󽣒	1 - 6	1 - 16
		BaseSymbol_164	Baby Index on Angle	01-06-030-01	S1a3	U+FD8D3	󽣓	1 - 6	1 - 16