Gestures with fingers and their meaning

Pay attention to the interlocutor during the conversation. How often does he gesture, accompanying his speech? How emotionally does he do this? What kind of actions slip through your fingers?

Many people resort to using hands during a conversation to give their speech a more vivid emotional color. Sometimes with the help of gestures with your fingers you can understand in what mood the person is or what he really wants to convey to the interlocutor.

But for deaf-mute people gesturing with hands is the main method of interaction with the outside world, and also with each other. Therefore, having learned the designation of each gesture, you can communicate without problems with such people.

Gestures with fingers and their meaning, a photo with their image will be discussed further.

What gestures are most used

Every day, millions of people communicate using spoken language, hands and fingers.

In everyday conversation, gestures are often used with fingers, and their meaning is clear to all. The most common:

• Thumb pointing up or down;
• Two fingers forming the letter V;
• Raised index finger;
• Gesture - middle finger;
• Gesture "ok";
• The "goat" sign;
• Shaka;
• Rubbing the thumb.

These symbols, composed of fingers, are the most popular. But what is the meaning of each of them?

Thumb Up / Down

Perhaps, this gesture with fingers is the most common. "The thumbs up" is a symbol of approval of something. When a person likes something, he certainly lifts his finger up, as if to say: "This is super!"

The gesture of the thumb, which is lowered down, has the opposite meaning as compared to the above-described sign. When a person does not like something, he shows his dissatisfaction by lowering his thumb down.

The sign "thumb up" is used and in another variant: it is used by "voters" on the road to stop the passing car.

This gesture with fingers is applicable in different countries, and its meaning can be dramatically different. So, in Australian residents, the thumb raised up carries an insult with sexual overtones. The Greeks use it during quarrels for mutual insults.

Fingers forming V

The index and middle finger, forming the letter V, is also a fairly common variant of gesticulation. It symbolizes victory, since V is an abbreviation for the word "victoria". These finger gestures are common in many countries, and their significance in Russia also does not change.

The ancestor of this movement of hands was the English president Winston Churchill. At the end of World War II, he two fingers expressed an undeniable victory over fascism.

These finger gestures and their significance are somewhat different in a number of European countries. V, shown by an open palm, denotes victory, and the back of the palm - the figure 2.

Raised forefinger

The index finger upwards is also gestures with fingers. And their meaning is treated based on the name "indicative." To lift up a finger, as a rule, is to show something, but only the value can vary depending on the situation.

1. A finger directed to something concrete acts as a pointer.
2. At the time of the conversation, the raised finger can signal: "Attention!"
3. The index finger swaying from side to side indicates a prohibition. The same gesture applies to children as moralizing.
4. A sign of silence is the index finger attached to the lips.

The index finger up, gestures with fingers and their meaning were especially common centuries ago in government officials during the adoption of important government decisions.

Fingers folded in a ring, or "OK"

The gesture "OK" appeared in the United States and was used to confirm that everything is fine. Over time, this gesture with fingers and its meaning migrated to other countries. But in the Land of the Rising Sun, fingers folded into a ring symbolize money.

Gesture "The Goat"

This gesture is familiar to rock lovers. At rock concerts, inside the subculture, and also for demonstrating their love for this musical direction, people bend all their fingers, except the little finger and the index finger.

However, in ancient times this symbol was used to repel all kinds of evil spirits. Even such a gesture entertained the children, because it precedes the tickling. In some countries in Europe and Latin America, the "goat" symbolizes cuckolds, which is an insult.

Shaka

This symbol is expressed as straightened little finger and thumb, and it is endowed with many meanings. The most common is a "phone call", that is, in this way they express a request or statement: "Call!"

Another option is an expression of a desire to drink. When folded fingers are brought to the mouth and at the same time they are thrown back. In the "dumb" alphabet in Asian countries this is the designation of the figure 6, and in the Russian - the letter U.

Rubbing the thumb with the rest

When a person mentions in his conversation about money, he accompanies his speech by rubbing a thumb on the others. This gesture is familiar to almost everyone, so it's only necessary to fulfill it, as it becomes clear what is being said.

The second designation is the moment of remembering, that is, when a person has forgotten something and tries to remember, he performs such gestures.

Latin in sign language

The Latin alphabet in the language of finger gestures, the meaning of which is the same for most countries, is as follows.

Alphabet, as well as numerical designations of complexity will not cause, and their study will help in ease of communication with people with auditory defects.

In addition to the work of the hands, such communication is accompanied by mimicry, involving the mouth, applying fingers to the lips, and, if necessary, using the corners of the body. These gestures with fingers and their significance in different countries are the same, therefore they are considered international.

Raised three fingers

Big, index and middle fingers raised up. In the simplest transcript, this sign denotes a number or an amount of 3. This gesture with fingers and their meanings in Russia is executed in a slightly different way: instead of a thumb, the anonymous finger is lifted.

In its original version, this symbol is used in Germany, where the account on the hand begins with the thumb. Although initially this gesture was used in the countries of Medieval Europe as accompaniment of an oral oath of allegiance to the motherland. Therefore, in some cases it is a symbol of victory.

Raised Up Hand

In most countries, the palm raised up indicates a "stop" signal. This is used in the process of talking to stop the interlocutor.

The second designation is "greeting" or "farewell" when the palm is lifted up for a short while. But the people of Greece is an offensive gesture, after which the conflict will immediately follow.

Connecting the fingertips of both hands

When the interlocutor puts the finger tips together, you can immediately understand that he is filled with calm and confidence in himself and his knowledge. Such people are mean to emotions and very balanced.

Also gesture signifies the moment of thought and decision making. In this interpretation, it was used several hundred years ago at the judges' meetings.

Crossed index and middle fingers

In many countries of the West they cross their fingers for good luck. In Russia, this gesture corresponds to two designations: for luck and for the abolition of one's words. When a person makes any promise that he is not going to restrain or his speech is unreliable, he holds his crossed fingers behind him to "take off all responsibility" for what he has said.

But in the Vatican, showing this gesture to the interlocutor, a person insults him, because in this country such a tangle of fingers means female sexual organs.

Calling gesture with an index finger

On the territory of Russia, as well as in many European and Western countries, an elongated forward and flexing index finger is calling someone, but it is considered a "slang" symbol and is not used in cultural communication. In Asian countries, this gesticulation is forbidden. In the Philippines, dogs are called in this way, so its use in relation to a person is humiliating and offensive.

Kukish

This sign is interpreted differently in different countries. So, the residents of Russia have this denial, and in a rough form. And for the Brazilians - on the contrary, a symbol of benevolence, which they wish good health and good luck. Therefore, in this country it is used quite often.

Middle finger

This gesture in most civilized countries is obscene, offensive. It symbolizes the male sexual organs, and in this designation the middle finger was used even in the time of the ancient Romans.

Fist

When all the fingers on one or both hands are pressed to the palm, that is, compressed into a fist, this indicates the hostile attitude of the person.

The appearance of gestures with your fingers

The use of fingers during a conversation or apart from it began to exist many centuries ago, even in times of the emergence of civilization. Especially often gestures were involved in religions.

The movement of the Christians with their fingers, folding them into various plexuses, was used during the reading of prayers and worship.

Muslims have each phalanx of fingers, and also the palm is endowed with the letter of the alphabet.

In France, when various secret communities were organized, the members of these societies communicated with gestures of fingers and hands. And gestures were known only to them and were secret.

In Chinese medicine, with the help of fingers, the whole organism was treated, pressing on special points. Therefore, in Asian countries, hands are also a symbol of health, and gesticulations with their help of offensive signs are prohibited.

Over time, the use of fingers as a means of communication took root in public life and began to be supplemented by new symbols, changing its meaning. Now most people use this way of communication, sometimes unconsciously, expressing their emotional splash.

For people with disabilities, this is the only way to interact with the outside world. Therefore, gestures with fingers can not be ignored in communication.