What 𝪡 means
It sets the rotation of a base symbol in SignWriting.
In a SignWriting rotation modifier sequence, a base shape can be followed by a fill choice and a rotation choice. Fill shows which side or view of the hand is shown; 𝪡 supplies one rotation setting. The complete written sign also depends on shape, movement, and placement. Alone, 𝪡 does not name a sign-language word.
Why was SignWriting created?
To record signed languages as visible written movement.
Valerie Sutton began DanceWriting, a way to record dance, in 1966 while training in ballet. In 1974, sign-language researchers at the University of Copenhagen, after reading about it in a newspaper, asked her to demonstrate the system; that helped prompt its adaptation as SignWriting.
SignWriting records handshapes, facial expressions, movement, and spatial arrangement as written signs. It grew from DanceWriting but was adapted to represent signed languages; this modifier contributes a visual detail rather than a spoken-language word translation.
Technical notation used in SignWriting texts and software; opaque without the rest of the sequence.
Alone, it is an unfinished notation mark, not a word; keep it with its full SignWriting symbol.
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Who writes 𝪡
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA rotation choice attached to its base symbol.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why can 𝪡 appear separate from its base?
It can. Support is font-dependent: a font without SignWriting fill and rotation support displays the base and 𝪡 separately instead of composing them into one symbol.
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- SignWriting · FSW · SWU · rotation modifier · rotation 2 · SignWriting sequence · sign language writing
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𝪡\1DAA1Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.