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The word
بِكَم

bikam

how much
Arabicبِكَم
Arabizibikam
Translationhow much
TypeWord
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

بِكَم reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
02
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
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
  1. 01Fب
  2. 02Shift+Aـِkasra
  3. 03;ك
  4. 04Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  5. 05Lم
Composedبِكَم
بِكَم
Practice

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