ISWA 2010

International SignWriting Alphabet

HTML Reference

Writing symbols

Used in both the Spatial SignSpelling and the SignSpelling Sequence of a sign.

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 IDTokenCharacter CodeBSWUTF-8BaseSymbolsStandard Color
SymbolGroup_18Curves Hit Floor Plane02-08Movement6952b7󽦽30CC0000



BaseSymbol Table

SymbolBaseSymbolNameSymbol IDCharacter CodeBSWUTF-8VariationsValid FillsValid Rotations
BaseSymbol_440Curve Hits Ceiling Small02-08-001-016952b7󽦽1,21,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_441Curve Hits Ceiling Large02-08-001-026962b8󽦾1,21,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_442Hump Hits Ceiling 2 Humps Small02-08-002-016972b9󽦿1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_443Hump Hits Ceiling 2 Humps Large02-08-002-026982ba󽧀1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_444Hump Hits Ceiling 3 Humps Small02-08-002-036992bb󽧁1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_445Hump Hits Ceiling 3 Humps Large02-08-002-047002bc󽧂1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_446Loop Hits Ceiling Small Single02-08-003-017012bd󽧃1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_447Loop Hits Ceiling Large Single02-08-003-027022be󽧄1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_448Loop Hits Ceiling Small Double02-08-003-037032bf󽧅1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_449Loop Hits Ceiling Large Double02-08-003-047042c0󽧆1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_450Wave Hits Ceiling Small02-08-004-017052c1󽧇1,21,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_451Wave Hits Ceiling Large02-08-004-027062c2󽧈1,21,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_452Rotation Single Hits Ceiling02-08-005-017072c3󽧉01,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_453Rotation Double Hits Ceiling02-08-006-017082c4󽧊01,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_454Rotation Alternating Hits Ceiling02-08-007-017092c5󽧋01,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_455Curve Hits Floor Small02-08-008-017102c6󽧌1,21,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_456Curve Hits Floor Large02-08-008-027112c7󽧍1,21,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_457Hump Hits Floor 2 Humps Small02-08-009-017122c8󽧎1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_458Hump Hits Floor 2 Humps Large02-08-009-027132c9󽧏1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_459Hump Hits Floor 3 Humps Small02-08-009-037142ca󽧐1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_460Hump Hits Floor 3 Humps Large02-08-009-047152cb󽧑1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_461Loop Hits Floor Small Single02-08-010-017162cc󽧒1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_462Loop Hits Floor Large Single02-08-010-027172cd󽧓1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_463Loop Hits Floor Small Double02-08-010-037182ce󽧔1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_464Loop Hits Floor Large Double02-08-010-047192cf󽧕1,2,3,41,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_465Wave Hits Floor Small02-08-011-017202d0󽧖1,21,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_466Wave Hits Floor Large02-08-011-027212d1󽧗1,21,2,3,41,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_467Rotation Single Hits Floor02-08-012-017222d2󽧘01,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_468Rotation Double Hits Floor02-08-013-017232d3󽧙01,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
BaseSymbol_469Rotation Alternating Hits Floor02-08-014-017242d4󽧚01,2,3,4,5,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8



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