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The word
كُم

kum

sleeves
Arabicكُم
Arabizikum
Translationsleeves
TypeMasculine
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter 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
  1. 01;ك
  2. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Lم
Composedكُم
كُم
Practice

Type كُم until your fingers know it.

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