𝣎𝪛

Translingual

Production

  1. Press the index finger and the thumb together, forming an ‘O’ shape.
  2. Raise the other three fingers away from this shape, keeping them spread, with one bent further back than the next.

Interjection

[okay]

  1. OK! no problem! no worries!
  2. (diving) Are you OK? / I am OK!
  3. (in a few countries, including Brazil, vulgar) up yours!
  4. (France, Vietnam, derogatory) worthless! (zero sign)[1]
  5. (US) white power[2]

See also

  • Appendix:Sign language handshapes#9
  • 👌

References

  1. ^ “Vietnamese Culture – Communication”, in Cultural Atlas‎[1], Sydney: Special Broadcasting Service, 2016, retrieved 15 September 2024
  2. ^ Bobby Allyn (26 September 2019) “The 'OK' Hand Gesture Is Now Listed As A Symbol Of Hate”, in npr.org‎[2]

Russian Sign Language

Production

This one-handed RSL sign is produced as follows:

  • Posture the dominant hand in the “9” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of the shoulder, palm facing across.

Letter

𝣎𝪛

  1. The Russian letter О (O)

References

  • 1m37s from the start, in Словарь РЖЯ: Алфавит‎[3] (in Russian Sign Language), 10 March 2020, via Youtube
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