How do you sign the letter C in BSL?

Name: How do you sign the letter C in BSL?
Uploaded: 2026-08-07T06:31:13.36473+00:00
Description: The one letter made with a single hand: curve the thumb and fingers of your dominant hand into a C, seen from the side. No movement. C is the 3rd letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

The one letter made with a single hand: curve the thumb and fingers of your dominant hand into a C, seen from the side. No movement. C is the 3rd letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

The sign, demonstrated on video by a Deaf teacher.

C is the only BSL letter that does not touch the passive hand, which makes it the easiest to read from any angle.

You will fingerspell C in names like Charlie, Chloe and Callum and places like Cardiff, Cambridge and Chester. Practise it next to B and D, its neighbours in the alphabet.

Related signs

Letter A
Letter B
Letter D
Letter E

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