Arabic keyboard online: type Arabic letters and harakat
Type Arabic with an on-screen keyboard (with harakat and hamza forms) or with your own keyboard mapped to the standard Arabic layout.
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Need to write a few words in Arabic on a computer without an Arabic keyboard layout installed? Type here and copy the result into an email, document, search box or chat. The on-screen keyboard follows the standard Arabic (101) layout used on most Arabic keyboards and by Windows, so what you learn here works on a real Arabic keyboard later.
Turn on physical-keyboard mode to type with your own keyboard: each key produces the Arabic letter printed on that position of an Arabic keyboard (Q gives ض, A gives ش, H gives ا, B gives لا), whatever your system layout is. Holding Shift gives the harakat (fatha, damma, kasra, their tanween forms, sukun and shadda), the hamza forms أ إ آ and the lam-alef ligatures. Shortcuts with Ctrl or Cmd, such as copy and paste, keep working.
The text box is right-to-left with a large font, and the character and word count update as you type. Nothing is sent anywhere; the text stays in this tab until you copy it.
How to use it
- Click the letters on the on-screen keyboard, or keep "Type Arabic with my physical keyboard" on and type normally.
- For vowel marks, type the letter first, then turn on Shift (or hold it on your keyboard) and add the mark.
- Use the Arabic-Indic digits option if you want ٠١٢ instead of 012.
- Click Copy and paste the text where you need it.
Frequently asked questions
Which layout does the keyboard use?
The standard Arabic (101) layout, the one printed on most Arabic keyboards in the Middle East and used by Windows and, with small differences in punctuation, by macOS. Letters sit on the base layer; harakat, hamza forms and lam-alef forms are on Shift.
How do I type harakat (tashkeel)?
Type the letter, then Shift + Q for fatha, Shift + E for damma, Shift + A for kasra, Shift + W / R / S for tanween, Shift + X for sukun and Shift + ` (the key left of 1) for shadda. On the on-screen keyboard, press Shift once to see them.
Will the physical-keyboard mode work on a phone?
Phones use on-screen keyboards that do not report key positions, so use the on-screen Arabic keyboard on this page, or add Arabic to your phone's own keyboard languages.
Can I install an Arabic keyboard instead?
Yes, and for regular typing you should: on Windows add Arabic in Settings > Time & language > Language & region; on macOS in System Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources. This page is for quick typing on shared or work computers where you cannot change settings.
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