To sign the letter Z in ASL, make a fist with your index finger pointing up. Hold your dominant hand up beside your shoulder, at about chin height, with the palm facing forward. Draw a Z in the air with your index finger: across, diagonally down and across again.
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How to sign it
Handshape: Make a fist with your index finger pointing up.
Location: Beside your shoulder, at about chin height, on the side of your dominant hand.
Palm orientation: Palm facing forward.
Movement: Draw a Z in the air with your index finger: across, diagonally down and across again.
Tip to remember it
J and Z are the only two letters of the ASL alphabet that move.
Use it in a sentence
#DIZZY (fingerspelled D-I-Z-Z-Y)
Spell dizzy with your hand: D, I, Z, Z, Y.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University) fingerspelling chart, lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/abc.htm.
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