The word
هِيَّ
hi
is, she, areArabicهِيَّ
Arabizihi
Translationis, she, are
TypeFeminine pronoun
CategoryGreetings & introductions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
هِيَّ 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
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
← 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
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03D→ي
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
Composedهِيَّ