Motion diagram. A Deaf-recorded clip from the PopSign corpus (CC BY 4.0) exists for this sign and can be placed here.
FINE
“fine”
Tap the thumb of an open '5' hand against the center of your chest.
With a small repeated tap and raised brows it asks 'are you okay?'. Fingers wiggling adds enthusiasm.
Where the sign comes from
UnknownNo reliable source. We'd rather say so than invent one.
Often taught as the ruffled front of a fine shirt. That reading is a mnemonic, not a documented origin; we mark it unknown.
No sources — which is the point of the “unknown” tier. If you know of a documented account, the historical databases are where to check it.
The sign, taken apart
Every ASL sign is built from a handshape, a place it's made, and a movement. Learn to see these three and you can read and store any sign.
Made at the chest.
One-handed.
Palm facing left.