The word
حِزام
7izam
a belt, beltLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
حِزام reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ
ḥ
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Type:P
02
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ز
zāy
z
A plain 'z'. Like rāʾ, with one dot above.
Type:.
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Letter
م
mīm
m
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
Type:L
← First letter shown leftmost; the actual word is read right-to-left in script.
How to type it
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 5 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01P→ح
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03.→ز
- 04H→ا
- 05L→م
Composedحِزام