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# HandSkeleton.Joint

The name and position of an individual hand joint.

```
struct Joint
```

## Topics

### Inspecting hand joints

[`name`](/documentation/ARKit/HandSkeleton/Joint/name)

A name that uniquely identifies this joint among others on the same skeleton.

[`parentJoint`](/documentation/ARKit/HandSkeleton/Joint/parentJoint)

The joint that’s connected to this joint and more closely connected to the base of the skeleton.

### Tracking the position of hand joints

[`anchorFromJointTransform`](/documentation/ARKit/HandSkeleton/Joint/anchorFromJointTransform)

The position and orientation of this joint relative to the base joint of the skeleton.

[`parentFromJointTransform`](/documentation/ARKit/HandSkeleton/Joint/parentFromJointTransform)

The transform from the joint to its parent joint’s coordinate system.

[`isTracked`](/documentation/ARKit/HandSkeleton/Joint/isTracked)

A Boolean value that indicates whether ARKit tracks a hand joint.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Escapable`](/documentation/Swift/Escapable)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Copyable`](/documentation/Swift/Copyable)

[`ARKitCoordinateSpaceProviding`](/documentation/ARKit/ARKitCoordinateSpaceProviding)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

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