BSL Fingerspelling: Alphabet & Numbers
33 cards · 🇺🇸 English
The British Sign Language two-handed manual alphabet (A-Z) and numbers (0-9) -- a distinct system from ASL's one-handed alphabet.
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- 1AClosed fist (right hand), palm facing forward
- 2BFlat hand (right), fingers extended upward, palm facing left/forward
- 3CRight hand curved in a 'C' shape, thumb and fingers forming an arc
- 4DIndex finger pointing up (right hand), other fingers folded with thumb touching middle finger
- 5ERight hand flat, fingers bent at the knuckles, thumb tucked in
- 6FRight hand: index finger and thumb touching in a circle, other fingers extended, on top of left flat hand
- 7GRight hand forms a fist, index and middle fingers extended horizontally pointing left
- 8HRight hand: index and middle fingers extended together horizontally, resting on left hand
- 9IRight hand: pinky finger extended upward, other fingers folded
- 10JSame as I, then trace a 'J' shape in the air with the pinky
- 11KRight hand: index and middle fingers form a V, placed on the left palm
- 12LRight hand: thumb and index finger extended at 90 degrees forming an 'L' shape
- 13MRight hand flat with thumb tucked under first three fingers, resting on left palm
- 14NSimilar to M, but with thumb under only the first two fingers (index and middle)
- 15ORight hand forms a circle/oval with all fingertips touching thumb
- 16PRight hand: index and middle fingers pointing downward, touching left palm
- 17QRight hand forms a fist with thumb and index finger pointing down in a 'Q' shape
- 18RRight hand: index and middle fingers crossed, resting on left palm
- 19SRight hand forms a fist with thumb folded over the fingers
- 20TRight hand forms a fist with thumb tucked between index and middle fingers
- 21URight hand: index and middle fingers extended together upward, resting on left palm
- 22VRight hand: index and middle fingers extended in a V shape (like 'peace sign')
- 23WRight hand: index, middle, and ring fingers extended upward together
- 24XRight hand: index finger bent into a hook shape
- 25YRight hand: thumb and pinky extended outward (like 'hang loose' gesture)
- 26ZRight index finger traces the shape of the letter 'Z' in the air
- 270Same as the letter O: fingertips touching thumb in a circle
- 281Index finger extended upward (right hand)
- 292Index and middle fingers extended in a V shape
- 303Thumb, index, and middle fingers extended
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