The word
آكُل
akul
I eatLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
آكُل reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
آ
alif madda
ā
A long 'aa' — an alif with a wave on top that stretches the vowel.
Type:Shift+N
02
Letter
ك
kāf
k
A plain 'k'.
Type:;
03
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
04
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
← 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 — 4 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
- 01Shift+N→آ
- 02;→ك
- 03Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 04G→ل
Composedآكُل