Editing Shaka sign (section)

==Similar gestures==

===Chinese number gestures===
[[File:Chinesische.Zahl.Sechs.jpg|thumb|Chinese "six" gesture]]
The sign has some similarities to the [[Chinese number gestures|Chinese number gesture]] for "six".

===Beverages===
The sign can also be used to indicate the imbibing of a bottled drink, either alcoholic or non-alcoholic, as attested to below, by placing the thumb to the mouth and motioning the little finger upward as if tipping up a bottle's bottom end. A similar meaning can be achieved by pressing the thumb up against the tip of the nose with the little finger raised upwards parallel to the bridge of the nose. It is referred to as "schooies" in Australia (Australian slang for a [[Schooner (glass)|schooner]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Schooie |url= http://www.slang-dictionary.org/Schooie |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155918/http://www.slang-dictionary.org/Schooie |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 10 October 2017 |publisher= Slang Dictionary |access-date=25 July 2016 | quote= Australian Slang: schooner of beer }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Definition of Schooie |url= http://dictionary.babylon-software.com/schooie/ |publisher= Babylon |access-date=25 July 2016 | quote= Australian Slang: schooner of beer}}</ref>

===Telecommunications===
[[File:Callme.jpg|thumb|"Call me" gesture|250x250px]]

With the thumb held near the ear and the little finger pointed at the mouth, the gesture is commonly understood to mimic the [[handset]] of a traditional [[landline]] telephone, and depending on context can be understood to stand for "call me", "I'll call you", or "let's talk on the phone".

The Unicode 9.0 [[emoji]] [[🤙]] "Call me hand"<ref>{{cite web|title=U+1F919: CALL ME HAND|url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F900.pdf |publisher=unicode.org}}</ref> can be interpreted as the shaka sign.

===New Zealand===
In New Zealand, the shaka sign is a [[Gang Sign#Hand signs|gang salute]] for the [[Mongrel Mob]], but is not commonly used for this purpose.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28248/patch-colours-and-salute | first1= Greg | last1=Newbold| first2=Rāwiri| last2=Taonui| title=Gangs &ndash; Māori gangs and Pacific youth gangs| encyclopedia=Te Ara &ndash; The Encyclopedia of New Zealand| date= 2012-11-12}}</ref> It can also serve as a greeting, meaning "Chur", which is a friendly gesture between friends, similar to in Hawaii where it is used in the same context.

===Austrian Leiwand===
A similar gesture was common among criminals in Vienna in 1935, accompanying the word of approval or appreciation "Leiwand".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Ein Beitrag zur Sprache des Wiener Verbrechertums |journal=Öffentliche Sicherheit |date=1935 |volume=15 |issue=8 |page=32 |url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?aid=ofs&datum=1935&page=308&size=45}}</ref>