5@Thumb-PalmDown-5@SideChesthigh-PalmDown 5@Thumb-PalmDown-5@ContraSideChesthigh-PalmDown

American Sign Language

Production

• This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:

  1. 

     Posture the nondominant hand in the “5” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of and beside the chest, nondominant palm facing down. Posture the dominant hand in the “5” handshape with the dominant hand at the thumb of the nondominant hand, dominant palm facing down.

  2. 

     Wiggle the fingers of both hands while moving them toward the dominant side.

  3. 

     Posture the nondominant hand in the “5” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of and to the dominant side of the chest, nondominant palm facing down. Posture the dominant hand in the “5” handshape with the dominant hand at the thumb of the nondominant hand, dominant palm facing down.

GUH Hand	LUH Hand	LUH Move	GUH Move	GUH Hand	LUH Hand
GUH Palm	LUH Palm	Second	Second	GUH Palm	LUH Palm
GUH Position	LUH Separation	Third	Third
5-wiggling	5-wiggling	Parallel	GUH Side
Down	Down

Adjective

(ASL gloss: CHARMED)

1. charmed