To sign face in ASL, point the index finger of your dominant hand toward your face. Starting beside the cheek, trace a circle around the face: up past the forehead, across, and down to the chin. Keep the fingertip a little away from the skin and make the circle once or twice.
Practice it with your camera
Sign it in front of your phone camera and get instant feedback on your signing. Start free.
How to sign it
Handshape: 1, the index finger pointing and the other fingers closed.
Location: around the face, a little away from the skin.
Movement: the index finger traces a circle around the face, once or twice.
Palm orientation: the palm faces toward the face.
Use it in a sentence
FACE RED.
Your face is red.
This video matches Lifeprint's index finger version. Lifeprint also shows a version where a 5 hand circles the face.
Practice this sign in AISA School
Start free. Sign in front of your camera and get instant feedback on your signing.
200,000+ downloads on iPhone and Android
Signed by a Deaf, fluent ASL signer.
Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University), lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/f/face.htm.
Save or share this sign
Animated GIF. Long-press or right-click to save it.