The word
شَعْر
sha3r
hairLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
شَعْر reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ش
shīn
sh
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
Type:A
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
04
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
Type:V
← 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
- 01A→ش
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03U→ع
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05V→ر
Composedشَعْر