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The word
هٰذِهِ

hadhihi

this, these
Arabicهٰذِهِ
Arabizihadhihi
Translationthis, these
TypeFeminine
CategoryHome
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter 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
  1. 01Iه
  2. 02`ذ
  3. 03Shift+Aـِkasra
  4. 04Iه
  5. 05Shift+Aـِkasra
Composedهٰذِهِ
هٰذِهِ
Practice

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