Signs for RABBIT

How do you say "rabbit" in ASL sign language?

Meaning: A small burrowing, gregarious, furry, plant-eating mammal with long ears, long hind legs and short front legs, front large teeth and a short tail that moves by hopping on its long hind legs.

Pronunciation (sign description): Two-handed "13" (or "H" with its thumb open) horizontal hands with the dominant hand on the top of the non-dominant hand, the fingers of both hands together flap twice. A variation of the handshape may be sometimes "H" handshape with its thumb closed.

Same sign for BUNNY.

Related signs

Rabbit is a burrowing, gregarious sometimes timid, plant-eating ANIMAL with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail. Stereotypically, it likes to eat CARROTS. Sometimes, rabbits are kept as PETS.

ASL Storytelling

Watch "The Rabbit and the Turtle": a translation of the fable in American Sign Language (2009). English text is available for ASL learners.