cl:c

Classifier C: Used to show round objects (like a pole), and thickness like a layer of snow.

Note: as you study classifiers on some of these pages I have included signs which are related to certain classifiers but are so standard that they are considered just plain old signs and not classifiers.

cl:c:

Here is an example showing a thick book:

"ARTICLE" or "COLUMN"
This next sign can be used to mean, "article" or "column" as in, "a newspaper column." I use a "partial C" handshape, but you could also use a regular "C" handshape. When I do it with a regular "C" handshape, I am generally referring to a "chapter."
Note: the sign for "ARTICLE" is not a classifier. It has become lexicalized and is now just a sign. But suppose I started the sign a little higher, exaggerated the movement, and brought the dominant hand "way down" to show a "long article." In that circumstance, I would be using a classifier.

The general sign for "thick."
Suppose you wanted to sign "porridge," you could sign "SOUP+THICK."

Check out the sign for "basket."