Handshapes

Data from the National Center for Sign Language and Gesture Resources

Boston University

This page contains movies of handshapes used in American Sign Language from different views.

For a palette displaying these handshapes based on natural groupings, see http://www.bu.edu/asllrp/cslgr/pages/handshape-palette.html 

Compressed movies

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camera 1




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camera 3

handshape label

illustration

hs ID
A

014
10

012
S

082
cocked-S

034
T

072
X-over-thumb

080
1

001
D

042
X

079
bent-1

022
G/Q

053
flat-F/flat-G

049
alt-G/bent-L

026
U/H

076
crvd-U

040
bent-U

029
cocked-U

083
U-L

075

bent-U-L

 

086
V

077
crvd-V

041

bent-V

 

088
3

002

crvd-3

 

084
6

008
W

078
crvd-W

085
7

009

 

cocked-7

 

090
open-7

089
8

010
cocked-8

032
open-8

066
25

013
F

044
cocked-F

033
open-F

067
4

003
5

004
crvd-5

035
5-C

005
5-C-L

006
5-C-tt

007
B

020
B-xd

019
flat-B

046
B-L

018
Vulcan

092

 

crvd-B

036
crvd-flat-B

037
crvd-sprd-B

039
bent-B

023

bent-B-xd

 

b 091
bent-B-L

024
C

030
sml-C/3

071

tight-C

074
tight-C/2

073
O

065
baby-O

021
flat-O

051
flat-O/2

050
fanned-flat-O

045
E

043
loose-E

061
M

062
alt-M

015
bent-M

027
full-M

052
N

063
alt-N

016
bent-N

028
P/K

058
alt-P

017
L

060
L-X

059
crvd-L

038
R

070
R-L

rl 087
I

057
Y

081
I-L-Y

056
bent-I-L-Y

095
Horns

055
bent-Horns

025
O/2-Horns

064
Rlxd

093

Other none 094