How to sign “Email” in ASL
The BSL sign for “Email” isn't in our dictionary yet — it will be fingerspelled in BSL mode, never replaced with this ASL sign.
Step by step
- Shape your non-dominant hand into a C, curving your fingers into a loose tunnel.
- Hold the C hand at chest height with its opening facing sideways.
- Extend the index finger of your dominant hand, tucking the other fingers away.
- Thread the index fingertip straight through the tunnel of the C hand in one pass.
- Use a single smooth pass for the verb; repeat the pass for the noun.
Practice tip
Lifeprint marks the old TTY-call E-hand version as do-not-use — the index-through-C version is current.
Fingerspell “Email”
Letter by letter — a handy backup if you forget the sign above. This is not the sign itself.
Text-based guide researched from established ASL references (Lifeprint, university and public-health materials) and rewritten in original words. Signer-created photos and videos are a planned future upgrade.