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== Japanese Sign Language == === Alternative forms === 𝣆𝪜 === Syllable === 𝣆 Fingerspelling of the hiragana syllable せ (se) ==== Usage notes ==== This sign is also the base handshape for "brother" in related words, arising from the Japanese practice of assigning each finger a name based on a family member in a hierarchical manner for children (from thumb to pinky: father, mother, brother, sister, baby). The middle finger is thus お兄さん指 (onii-san yubi), the "brother finger". As with other JSL kinship signs, moved up to denote an elder brother and down to denote a younger brother. === References === Aspects of number and kinship terms in Japanese Sign Language, Semantic Fields in Sign Languages, p. 320-322, De Gruyter Mouton 2016