How do you sign the letter E in BSL?

Name: How do you sign the letter E in BSL?
Uploaded: 2026-08-07T06:31:42.875481+00:00
Description: Passive hand open, palm towards you. With your dominant index finger, touch the tip of your passive index finger. No movement. E is the 5th letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

Passive hand open, palm towards you. With your dominant index finger, touch the tip of your passive index finger. No movement. E is the 5th letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

The sign, demonstrated on video by a Deaf teacher.

Second vowel, second fingertip. E is the most frequent letter in English, so this touch should become automatic.

You will fingerspell E in names like Ella, Ethan and Emily and places like Edinburgh, Exeter and Ely. Practise it next to D and F, its neighbours in the alphabet.

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Letter C
Letter D
Letter F
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