What 𝦥 means
It marks shaking parallel to the signer’s front wall. SignWriting is a system for writing signed languages. This movement mark combines with handshape, location, orientation, and other marks to form a complete written sign.
Imagine an upright wall in front of the signer: the wall plane runs parallel to it. The mark indicates shaking but leaves the exact order of turns unspecified. Movement symbols are read from the center outward; when stacked, they are read from top to bottom. An arrowhead adds a direction cue.
Where did SignWriting’s movement notation begin?
Valerie Sutton began DanceWriting in 1966 to record ballet movement. Its first textbook appeared in 1973. In 1974, sign-language researchers at the University of Copenhagen asked to see it, and Sutton adapted the system to write signed languages. SignWriting grew from that movement-notation system.
Technical and instructional; it belongs in SignWriting text, lessons, or editing.
By itself, it names a movement component, not a complete sign.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsShaking parallel to the wall in front of the signer.
Related characters
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Combination ideas
2Questions people ask
3Is 𝦥 a complete sign by itself?
No. It marks one movement component; handshape, location, orientation, and other marks are needed to read a complete sign.
Why does 𝦥 show as a box?
The selected font or app lacks a Sutton SignWriting glyph for this character, so it cannot draw it.
Does 𝦥 show the exact order of turns?
No. It marks shaking in the wall plane but leaves the order of turns unspecified; additional movement symbols can make that detail precise.
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- Also called
- Shaking Wall Plane · Shaking Movement · wall-plane shaking
- Search it as
- SignWriting · wall plane · shaking mark · movement symbol · sign language notation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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