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How can you read and write American Sign Language?

Lesson 21: Locations in Space 2

Each finger orientation symbol can also be used to identify a movement plane.

  
    ~  floor/ceiling plane
    "  wall plane

Locations in signing space can be specified more precisely by including a movement plane symbol.

  
    |J"|  upper left  
    |"/|  upper right 
    |Z"|  lower left  
    |"\|  lower right 
  
  
    |J~|  front left  
    |~/|  front right 
    |Z~|  back left   
    |~\|  back right  
  

How to Type: Location Symbols

These location symbols are typed using J / Z \ ~ " and |

`^~1^!2^@3^#4^$5^%6^{^}7^&8^*9⁽0⁾-^_=⁺
q^Qw^We^Er^Rt^Ty^Yu^Ui^Io^Op^P[^{]^}\^|
a^As^Sd^Df^Fg^Gh^Hj^Jk^Kl^L;^:'^"
z^Zx^Xc^Cv^Vb^Bn^Nm^M,^<.^>/^?

Try it out

Type J / Z \ ~ " and | to make reference location symbols:

Using Reference Location Symbols

Vocabulary

Floor/ceiling plane

  
    |J~|*3vehicle, front left
    |~/|*Vsit, front right
    |Z~|*-.Sobject, back left
    |~\|*."1person, back right
  

Wall plane

  
    |J"|*.~bsurface, upper left
    |"/|*-.Qlight, upper right
    |Z"|.~5@area, lower left
    |"\|-.vJlooking up at me, lower right
  

Practice

Type in just the orientation symbols for these signs:

  
    vehicle, front left
    sit, front right
    object, back left
    person, back right
    surface, upper left
    light, upper right
    area, lower left
    looking up at me, lower right
  

Lesson 22: Hand Locations 2 →