How to sign “Interest” in ASL
The BSL sign for “Interest” isn't in our dictionary yet — it will be fingerspelled in BSL mode, never replaced with this ASL sign.
Step by step
- Bend both hands into open-8 shapes, middle fingers touching the thumbs.
- Touch the touching fingertips lightly to your upper chest, dominant hand above the other.
- Push both hands forward in parallel while they finish forming full 8 handshapes.
- Keep the palms angled slightly inward toward each other as the hands travel.
- Pair the sign with bright, engaged eyebrows — you are showing something that draws you in.
Practice tip
Both hands travel forward together into 8s — the sign covers interest, interested, and interesting.
Fingerspell “Interest”
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.