What 𝧶 means
It marks general movement within a written sign.
SignWriting writes sign languages with groups of symbols arranged in two dimensions. 𝧶 is called the general or open arrowhead. With hand symbols, it shows both hands following one path, usually touching or close together; with a face or head symbol, it marks movement of that named feature.
Valerie Sutton's dance notation, a way to record dance movement, began in 1966. SignWriting began in 1974 as the branch of her movement-writing system for sign languages. Her wider notation work also covered mime, sports and gesture analysis.
Why does 𝧶 show as a box or sit in the wrong place?
A box means missing glyph support; layout needs a SignWriting-aware tool.
Unicode encodes this character, but the font must include its drawing for it to appear. A SignWriting signbox—the two-dimensional area where a sign's symbols are arranged—needs separate layout software; Unicode text does not encode those positions. An empty box means the chosen font lacks this glyph.
A technical movement mark inside SignWriting; alone, it reads as a character reference, not a conventional text message.
Alone, 𝧶 names no complete sign; interpret it with the rest of its SignWriting cluster.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsShared movement, usually with contact or close spacing.
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𝧶 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𝧶
- Also called
- General Arrowhead · Open Arrowhead · Neutral Arrowhead
- Search it as
- SignWriting arrowhead · SignWriting movement · ISWA arrowhead
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𝧶\1D9F6Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.