The word
هٰذِهِ
hadhihi
this, theseLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
هٰذِهِ reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
Type:I
02
Diacritic
ـٰ
dagger alif
ā
A miniature alif standing in for a long 'a'.
Type:—
03
Letter
ذ
dhāl
dh
The 'th' in 'this'. Like dāl, with one dot above.
Type:`
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h
A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.
Type:I
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
← 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
- 01I→ه
- 02`→ذ
- 03Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 04I→ه
- 05Shift+A→ـِkasra
Composedهٰذِهِ