To sign heart in ASL, open your dominant hand with the fingers spread and bend only the middle finger forward. Bring the tip of that middle finger to your chest, over the heart, and hold it there for a moment. The palm faces your body and the other fingers stay open.
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How to sign it
Handshape: an open 5 hand with the middle finger bent forward.
Location: the upper chest, over the heart.
Movement: the middle fingertip touches the chest and holds.
Palm orientation: the palm faces toward the body.
Use it in a sentence
HEART HAPPY.
My heart is happy.
Lifeprint describes the same handshape and location, poking the chest twice. It also shows other versions that draw a heart shape on the chest.
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