How to sign “Spring” in BSL

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BSL and ASL are different languages — this is the British sign. See the ASL sign for “Spring” instead

Step by step

  1. Hold your non-dominant hand flat and open in front of your chest, palm facing your body.
  2. Let the flat hand stand for the ground beneath the growing plant.
  3. Close your dominant hand into a fist behind the flat hand, palm facing you.
  4. Bring the fist round and up in an arc, opening into a flat hand as it rises.
  5. Let the unfurling fingers suggest a flower blooming or a sprout growing.
  6. Mouth 'spring' with a bright, cheerful expression as the hand opens.

Practice tip

The fist hides behind the flat 'ground' hand, then bursts upward like a flower blooming.

Fingerspell “Spring”

Letter by letter with the two-handed BSL alphabet — a handy backup if you forget the sign above. This is not the sign itself.

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See all BSL handshapes in the alphabet reference

Text-based guide researched from BSL-specific references (BSL SignBank, BDA-adjacent teaching materials and BSL dictionaries) and rewritten in original words. Signer-created photos and videos are a planned future upgrade. BSL has regional variation — this is the most widely taught form.

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