How to sign “Look” in ASL
The BSL sign for “Look” isn't in our dictionary yet — it will be fingerspelled in BSL mode, never replaced with this ASL sign.
Step by step
- Form a V with your dominant hand, index and middle fingers extended and together.
- Hold the V-hand out in front of your face at eye level.
- Move the hand deliberately toward whatever you are actively watching or examining.
- Keep your palm facing outward, away from your face, for the whole sign.
- Move your eyes with the hand and look alert, as if you are really searching.
Practice tip
SEE is passive with the palm in; LOOK is active with the palm out. The palm-out V is the one that goes browsing.
Fingerspell “Look”
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.