The word
أَنا
ana
I (am)Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
أَنا reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
Type:Shift+H
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
← 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+H→أ
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03K→ن
- 04H→ا
Composedأَنا