The word
الْآن
alan
nowLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
الْآن reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
02
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
03
Letter
آ
alif madda
ā
A long 'aa' — an alif with a wave on top that stretches the vowel.
Type:Shift+N
04
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
← 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
- 01H→ا
- 02G→ل
- 03Shift+X→ـْ
- 04Shift+N→آ
- 05K→ن
Composedالْآن