[sorbits]

> You can easily communicate numbers 1 through 10 to just about anyone around the globe by holding up the corresponding number of fingers

For the numbers 6-10 China have hand gestures where number of fingers held up does not correspond to the number.

I was confused by this when I wanted to buy something and the lady crossed her two index fingers.

I took it to mean that the item was not for sale (out of stock), but later learned that this is the hand gesture for the number ten.

[iakh]

For additional context to others, it's the Chinese character for the number 10 (十)