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The word
كَيْفِك

kayfik

how are you
Arabicكَيْفِك
Arabizikayfik
Translationhow are you
TypeFeminine adverb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

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

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
04
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

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

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ك
kāf
k

A plain 'k'.

Type:;
← 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 — 7 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. 01;ك
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Dي
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Tف
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07;ك
Composedكَيْفِك
كَيْفِك
Practice

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