SignWriting List
February 9, 2000

QUESTION 0025:
When do I write a circle and when do I write a curved arrow?

ANSWER 0025:
Generally four curves make one circle. So usually a curved arrow is one quarter of a circle.

EXAMPLES 0025

SignWriting List
February 9, 2000

QUESTION 0026:
When do I write a circle and when do I write a curved arrow?

ANSWER 0026:
A complete circle is written with a Circle Symbol. Sometimes Circle Symbols have dotted lines, and sometimes they don't, but no matter what, they record complete circles.

EXAMPLES 0026

SignWriting List
February 9, 2000

QUESTION 0027:
When do I write a circle and when do I write a curved arrow?

ANSWER 0027:
Example 0027 shows that rotations are curves too, but they do not travel.

EXAMPLES 0027

Rotation symbols stay in one place and rotate in the direction of the curve. There are four possible rotations to a circle.

When you see a double-line going through the curved arrow you know it is a rotation. The double-line represents the axis around which the rotation revolves.

Rotation symbols stay in one place and rotate in the direction of the curve. There are four possible rotations to a circle.