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𝡾

signwriting hand-hinge small

SignWriting Hand-Hinge Small

𝡾 is one handshape component in Sutton SignWriting, a system for writing signed languages. It marks part of how the hand is held; the complete sign's reading comes from the other symbols and their two-dimensional layout. Alone, 𝡾 has no fixed English translation.

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SignWriting handshape · hand-hinge small · SignWriting hand symbol · FSW · SWU · SignWriting editor · SignWriting font
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𝡾 means

It marks one handshape component, not a whole sign. A handshape shows how the fingers and thumb are held. 𝡾 can appear inside a complete sign, whose reading comes from its other symbols and their arrangement.

SignWriting grew out of Valerie Sutton's DanceWriting, a notation for ballet movement that existed by 1966. In 1974, researchers at the University of Copenhagen asked Sutton to adapt it to record gestures and Danish Sign Language from video. Deaf writers and signers later developed it into a writing system for multiple signed languages.

Why isn't 𝡾 a complete sign?

It records one handshape, not a complete sign.

SignWriting signs arrange symbols in two dimensions. Movement, contact, location, orientation, and facial or body cues can join the handshape. Their placement and modifiers can matter too, so read 𝡾 within the complete sign.

Technical: this is a SignWriting component used in written signs and editing tools.

Alone, it has no fixed English translation; read it within the complete sign.

Don't confuse it with

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𝡽
Signwriting Hand-Hinge
𝡽 is the plain hand-hinge form; 𝡾 is separately named the small form. They are distinct symbols, so do not substitute one for the other.

Questions people ask

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Why does SignWriting hand-hinge small show as a box?

A font without Sutton SignWriting coverage may show a missing-glyph box. A SignWriting-capable font can display this symbol, while an editor handles the layout of a complete two-dimensional sign.

How to type 𝡾

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1D87E, then Alt+X to get 𝡾.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “signwriting hand-hinge small”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1d87e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𝡾
CSS
\1D87E
How to type SignWriting hand-hinge small
Use a SignWriting editor's symbol palette to place it in a sign; the editor can export the whole sign as FSW or SWU, two SignWriting text formats.
Build a complete sign
Combine the handshape with the movement, location, orientation, and other symbols required by the signed language.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𝡾
HTML hex
𝡾
CSS content
content: "\1D87E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9D%A1%BE
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On screen
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Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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