SignWriting Hook handshape with ring finger and thumb

It marks a Hook-root handshape with the ring finger and thumb specified.

In SignWriting, the rootshape is the base hand pattern. Hook names a bent-finger base; 𝢹 adds the ring-finger and thumb details. SignWriting writes signed languages with symbols for handshapes, movement, contact, location, the body, and facial expression, so this character supplies only one part of a written sign.

SignWriting began in Denmark in 1974, when University of Copenhagen researchers used it to record gestures and signed movement from video. It grew from Valerie Sutton's Movement Writing, which included DanceWriting, a system for recording dance. Work with Deaf signers later developed it into a writing medium used in sign-language publications and education.

𝢹 needs a SignWriting layout to identify a sign

A written SignWriting sign forms a two-dimensional cluster. This character contributes the handshape; nearby symbols and their positions add movement, contact, and location. On its own, it does not identify a particular word in a signed language.

Fill and rotation modifiers can indicate palm orientation or distinguish left from right hands. They refine the handshape description; they do not turn this character into a complete sign.