To sign 'height', form a bent 'B' handshape with your dominant hand, keeping your fingers together and bent at the knuckles with your thumb underneath. Start with your hand at about shoulder or head level, with your palm facing down. Move your hand slightly upward to indicate a specific level or measurement.
To ask this, point to the person, sign 'height' by moving your bent hand upward to indicate a level, and then sign 'what' with furrowed eyebrows.
Sign 'my', followed by 'height', and then sign the numbers for your specific measurement.
You can adjust the starting position of the 'height' sign to be lower, visually matching the actual height of the child you are referring to.
To ask this, point to the person, sign 'height' by moving your bent hand upward to indicate a level, and then sign 'what' with furrowed eyebrows.
Sign 'my', followed by 'height', and then sign the numbers for your specific measurement.
You can adjust the starting position of the 'height' sign to be lower, visually matching the actual height of the child you are referring to.
Yes! ASL is a spatial language. You can adjust the starting height of your hand to visually match the height of the person or object you are talking about, placing it lower for a child and higher for a tall adult.
While it can be used generally, the height of buildings or inanimate objects is often described using specific classifiers or the sign for 'tall' moving upwards. This bent handshape is most commonly used for a person's height.
The sign for 'tall' often uses a straight upward motion along the non-dominant hand or an upward index finger to emphasize vertical growth. 'Height' uses this bent handshape to indicate a specific level, limit, or measurement.
