Then another sign emerged drawn from the popular 1990s cartoon Chibi Maruko. In the cartoon, three lines would appear on Chibi Maruko's face every time she found herself in an awkward situation. It was cute, and hearing-impaired students adopted it, making three fingers their sign for "embarrassed."
直到十多年前電視節目《櫻桃小丸子》火紅，小丸子每遇到尷尬時，臉上就掛起「三條線」，可愛模樣讓聽障生有樣學樣，解釋「尷尬」時就用食指、中指及無名指比出「三條線」。