How do you sign the letter G in BSL?

Name: How do you sign the letter G in BSL?
Uploaded: 2026-08-07T06:33:55.522462+00:00
Description: Make a fist with both hands and place your dominant fist on top of your passive fist. No movement. G is the 7th letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

Make a fist with both hands and place your dominant fist on top of your passive fist. No movement. G is the 7th letter of the two-handed BSL alphabet.

The sign, demonstrated on video by a Deaf teacher.

G suggests the lowercase g: one round shape sitting on another. Both fists stay closed.

You will fingerspell G in names like George, Grace and Gabriel and places like Glasgow, Gloucester and Guildford. Practise it next to F and H, its neighbours in the alphabet.

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