What 𝪛 means
Its base symbol sets its reading. In SignWriting, 𝪛 follows a compatible base symbol—the handshape, arrow, or face it modifies. Fill 02 has no fixed reading on its own. After a handshape it shows the hand side-on in the plane directly in front of the signer. After a movement arrow it marks movement by the left hand; in a face sequence with closed eyes, it selects one closed eye.
SignWriting is a visual writing system for signed languages. Valerie Sutton's movement notation began as DanceWriting in 1966 to record and preserve ballet, including older Danish works. In 1974, researchers at the University of Copenhagen asked her to adapt it to signed languages recorded on video. Feedback from Deaf readers of the SignWriter Newspaper in the 1980s helped move it toward writing signed languages more broadly; Sutton and the Deaf Action Committee revised it again in 1988. The system evolved over time; 𝪛 is one component, not a standalone sign.
How do I type SignWriting fill 2?
Put it after a compatible base symbol. A SignWriting-capable font or editor must support the sequence to combine and draw it correctly. SignWriting lays symbols out in two dimensions, but its text formats—SignWriting in Unicode (SWU) and Formal SignWriting in ASCII (FSW)—store them in a line; the editor or font arranges them as a sign. If the sequence includes a rotation modifier, the fill mark goes first.
If 𝪛 appears as a box, blank, or detached mark, the font or editor may not support this sequence. That display problem does not turn the mark into a different character.
A technical modifier inside a SignWriting sequence.
Read it with its base; 𝪛 alone has no fixed reading.
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Who writes 𝪛
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsSide view of the hand in the front-wall plane, straight in front of the signer.
Combination ideas
2Questions people ask
2Can 𝪛 stand alone?
No. It modifies a compatible base symbol, so it has no fixed reading by itself.
Why does 𝪛 render oddly?
A font or editor may not support SignWriting fill sequences, leaving 𝪛 blank, boxed, or detached. A SignWriting-capable tool can display the intended layout.
How to type or find 𝪛
- Also called
- fill 2 · fill 02 · SignWriting fill 2
- Search it as
- swu · fsw · signwriting font
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𝪛\1DA9BCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.






