SignWriting Rotation Modifier 9

It sets one rotation choice for a preceding SignWriting symbol.

SignWriting is a way to write signed languages. A symbol can record a handshape or another part of a sign; this modifier tells how that base symbol is oriented. The 9 identifies a setting in the rotation series, not a separate sign.

Where did SignWriting come from?

It grew out of Valerie Sutton’s DanceWriting movement notation.

In 1966, Sutton began DanceWriting to notate ballet. During 1970–1972 in Copenhagen, she used it to preserve historic Danish ballet steps. In fall 1974, sign-language researchers saw a demonstration and asked her to adapt the idea to signed languages.

SignWriting can represent different signed languages; writers can use local conventions for which distinctions to record. That history explains why 𝪨 is a component inside a larger written sign, not a label for one language.

How do I use 𝪨 in a SignWriting sequence?

Place it after its base, following any fill modifier.

A base is the main symbol; an optional fill modifier can come next, and a rotation modifier can follow it. 𝪨 occupies that last slot.

Unicode represents these parts as characters, but a complete SignWriting sign also needs a layout system that positions them in two dimensions. Without its base or that layout, the sequence can look unfinished.