The word
كُم
kum
sleevesLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
كُم 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
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
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 — 3 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
- 01;→ك
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03L→م
Composedكُم