About hand gestures
“Teyari”, Digits Gestures
At the auction, buyers use “Teyari” digits gestures, to indicate the auctioneer their respective bid and quantity of products they are going to purchase.
Auctioneers quickly discerns the highest bidder among many finger figures, and informs who has won the product.
Here you can see the “Teyari” gestures used in Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale market for fish, fruits and vegetables auction.
The Main rules on using “Teyari”
1 Wave the hand with keeping sign, to express two same numbers.
2 Show out signs in succession, to express a series of different numbers.
3 Draw circle, to indicate zero between two numbers.
