manual alphabet in English
noun
1
a set of sign-language symbols used in fingerspelling, in which different finger configurations correspond to letters of the alphabet.
Many mistakes made by beginning fingerspellers are directly attributable to how the manual alphabet is most often shown in graphics.
noun
finger alphabet
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1. Some signs also feature an English word's initial letter as a handshape from a one- or two-handed manual alphabet and use it within a sign.