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_13Straight Wall Plane02-03S22aU+FD95A󽥚



BaseSymbol Table

SymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDSymbol KeyUnicode PUAUTF-8Valid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_299Single Straight Movement, Wall Plane Small02-03-001-01S22aU+FD95A󽥚1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_300Single Straight Movement, Wall Plane Medium02-03-001-02S22bU+FD95B󽥛1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_301Single Straight Movement, Wall Plane Large02-03-001-03S22cU+FD95C󽥜1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_302Single Straight Movement, Wall Plane Largest02-03-001-04S22dU+FD95D󽥝1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_303Single Wrist Flex, Wall Plane02-03-001-05S22eU+FD95E󽥞1 - 41 - 8
BaseSymbol_304Double Straight Movement, Wall Plane02-03-002-01S22fU+FD95F󽥟1 - 31 - 8
BaseSymbol_305Double Wrist Flex, Wall Plane02-03-002-02S230U+FD960󽥠1 - 31 - 8
BaseSymbol_306Double Alternating Movement, Wall Plane02-03-003-01S231U+FD961󽥡1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_307Double Alternating Wrist Flex, Wall Plane02-03-003-02S232U+FD962󽥢1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_308Cross Movement, Wall Plane02-03-004-01S233U+FD963󽥣1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_309Triple Straight Movement, Wall Plane02-03-005-01S234U+FD964󽥤1 - 31 - 8
BaseSymbol_310Triple Wrist Flex, Wall Plane02-03-005-02S235U+FD965󽥥1 - 31 - 8
BaseSymbol_311Triple Alternating Movement, Wall Plane02-03-006-01S236U+FD966󽥦1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_312Triple Alternating Wrist Flex, Wall Plane02-03-006-02S237U+FD967󽥧1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_313Bend, Wall Plane Small02-03-007-01S238U+FD968󽥨1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_314Bend, Wall Plane Medium02-03-007-02S239U+FD969󽥩1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_315Bend, Wall Plane Large02-03-007-03S23aU+FD96A󽥪1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_316Corner, Wall Plane Small02-03-008-01S23bU+FD96B󽥫1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_317Corner, Wall Plane Medium02-03-008-02S23cU+FD96C󽥬1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_318Corner, Wall Plane Large02-03-008-03S23dU+FD96D󽥭1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_319Corner, Wall Plane with Rotation02-03-008-04S23eU+FD96E󽥮1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_320Check, Wall Plane Small02-03-009-01S23fU+FD96F󽥯1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_321Check, Wall Plane Medium02-03-009-02S240U+FD970󽥰1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_322Check, Wall Plane Large02-03-009-03S241U+FD971󽥱1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_323Box, Wall Plane Small02-03-010-01S242U+FD972󽥲1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_324Box, Wall Plane Medium02-03-010-02S243U+FD973󽥳1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_325Box, Wall Plane Large02-03-010-03S244U+FD974󽥴1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_326Zigzag, Wall Plane Small02-03-011-01S245U+FD975󽥵1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_327Zigzag, Wall Plane Medium02-03-011-02S246U+FD976󽥶1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_328Zigzag, Wall Plane Large02-03-011-03S247U+FD977󽥷1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_329Peaks, Wall Plane Small02-03-012-01S248U+FD978󽥸1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_330Peaks, Wall Plane Medium02-03-012-02S249U+FD979󽥹1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_331Peaks, Wall Plane Large02-03-012-03S24aU+FD97A󽥺1 - 41 - 16
BaseSymbol_332Travel Rotation, Single Wall Plane02-03-013-01S24bU+FD97B󽥻1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_333Travel Rotation, Double Wall Plane02-03-014-01S24cU+FD97C󽥼1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_334Travel Rotation, Alternating Wall Plane02-03-015-01S24dU+FD97D󽥽1 - 61 - 16
BaseSymbol_335Travel Rotation, Single Floor Plane02-03-016-01S24eU+FD97E󽥾1 - 61, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
BaseSymbol_336Travel Rotation, Double Floor Plane02-03-017-01S24fU+FD97F󽥿1 - 61, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
BaseSymbol_337Travel Rotation, Alternating Floor Plane02-03-018-01S250U+FD980󽦀1 - 61, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
BaseSymbol_338Travel Shaking, Wall Plane02-03-019-01S251U+FD981󽦁1 - 31 - 8
BaseSymbol_339Travel Arm Spiral, Wall Plane Single02-03-020-01S252U+FD982󽦂1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_340Travel Arm Spiral, Wall Plane Double02-03-020-02S253U+FD983󽦃1 - 31 - 16
BaseSymbol_341Travel Arm Spiral, Wall Plane Triple02-03-020-03S254U+FD984󽦄1 - 31 - 16



ISWA 2010 symbols
designed by Valerie Sutton

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January 12th, 2012