The word
يَجِب أَنْ
yajib an
mustLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
يَجِب أَنْ reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ج
jīm
j
A soft 'j' (a hard 'g' in Egyptian Arabic). One dot inside.
Type:[
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
06
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
Type:Shift+H
07
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
08
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
← 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 — 10 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
- 01D→ي
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03[→ج
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05F→ب
- 06Space→
- 07Shift+H→أ
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09K→ن
- 10Shift+X→ـْ
Composedيَجِب أَنْ