SignWriting Rotation Modifier 6

It rotates a directional base symbol by 225° (setting 6).

In SignWriting, a base symbol carries a handshape, movement, or other written element. Fill and rotation marks can follow it; 𝪥 is the setting-6 rotation mark. Setting 1 is built into the base and has no separate character. By itself, the modifier has no reading as a sign.

This is one component in the notation: a full sign can arrange several written elements in two dimensions.

SignWriting grew from movement notation

SignWriting represents signed movement with visible symbols and two-dimensional placement. A rotation mark changes the orientation of one directional symbol within a written sign.

It grew from DanceWriting, a movement notation Valerie Sutton created in 1966 to record ballet. In 1974, sign-language researchers at the University of Copenhagen asked Sutton to adapt it to record signs and gestures from video; a four-year collaboration developed a writing system for signed languages.

The system kept changing through use. In the early 1980s, Deaf journalists wrote for a quarterly SignWriter Newspaper in SignWriting; their experience and feedback helped make it a general-purpose writing system. In 1988, Deaf SignWriting users formed a committee that helped revise books, dictionaries, videos, and software. As of 2026, SignWriting is used in schools around the world, including Brazil.