How to sign Z in ASL
Letter Z26 of 26Moving letter
Point your index finger and draw a Z in the air.
Z is one of the two letters in the ASL alphabet that moves. The handshape alone isn't the letter; the movement is part of it.
Left-handed? Sign with your dominant hand; the shapes are the same, mirrored.
Don't mix it up
- D: Z starts from a pointing index finger with the other fingers closed, then draws a Z in the air; D stays still, with the thumb touching the middle fingertip to make a circle.
Now sign it yourself
Make the handshape and draw the Z. Turn on your camera and it checks your handshape as you go. The video stays on your device.
Remember it, don't just copy it
Z is in Letters S–Z. ASL a Day brings it back tomorrow to sign from memory, then again just before you'd forget. Five minutes a day.
Practice Letters S–Z daily