The Syriac alphabet on the keyboard
| Letter | Unicode name | Key |
|---|---|---|
| ܃ | supralinear colon | AltGr + 3 |
| ܄ | sublinear colon | AltGr + 4 |
| ܅ | horizontal colon | AltGr + 5 |
| ܆ | colon skewed left | \ |
| ܇ | colon skewed right | / |
| ܈ | supralinear colon skewed left | AltGr + 6 |
| ܉ | sublinear colon skewed right | AltGr + 7 |
| ܁ | supralinear full stop | AltGr + 1 |
| ܂ | sublinear full stop | AltGr + 2 |
| ܀ | end of paragraph | N |
| ܊ | contraction | Shift + 7 |
| ܋ | harklean obelus | AltGr + 8 |
| ܌ | harklean metobelus | AltGr + 9 |
| ܍ | harklean asteriscus | AltGr + 0 |
| ܐ | alaph | H |
| ܒ | beth | F |
| ܓ | gamal | [ |
| ܔ | gamal garshuni | Q |
| ܖ | dotless dalath rish | E |
| ܕ | dalath | ] |
| ܗ | he | I |
| ܘ | waw | , |
| ܙ | zain | . |
| ܚ | heth | P |
| ܛ | teth | ' |
| ܜ | teth garshuni | Y |
| ܝ | yudh | D |
| ܞ | yudh he | O |
| ܟ | kaph | ; |
| ܠ | lamadh | G |
| ܡ | mim | L |
| ܢ | nun | K |
| ܣ | semkath | S |
| ܤ | final semkath | C |
| ܥ | e | U |
| ܦ | pe | T |
| ܧ | reversed pe | B |
| ܨ | sadhe | W |
| ܩ | qaph | R |
| ܪ | rish | V |
| ܫ | shin | A |
| ܬ | taw | J |
| ݀ | feminine dot | Shift + Y |
| ݃ | two vertical dots above | AltGr + I |
| ݄ | two vertical dots below | AltGr + K |
| ݇ | oblique line above | AltGr + U |
| ݈ | oblique line below | AltGr + J |
| ݉ | music | Shift + 4 |
| ݊ | barrekh | Shift + ] |
| ݁ | qushshaya | Shift + U |
| ݅ | three dots above | AltGr + O |
| ݂ | rukkakha | Shift + M |
| ݆ | three dots below | AltGr + L |
| ܑ | superscript alaph | Shift + H |
| ܰ | pthaha above | Shift + Q |
| ܱ | pthaha below | Shift + A |
| ܲ | pthaha dotted | Shift + Z |
| ܳ | zqapha above | Shift + W |
| ܴ | zqapha below | Shift + S |
| ܵ | zqapha dotted | Shift + X |
| ܶ | rbasa above | Shift + E |
| ܷ | rbasa below | Shift + D |
| ܸ | dotted zlama horizontal | Shift + C |
| ܹ | dotted zlama angular | Shift + N |
| ܺ | hbasa above | Shift + R |
| ܻ | hbasa below | Shift + F |
| ܼ | hbasa-esasa dotted | Shift + V |
| ܽ | esasa above | Shift + T |
| ܾ | esasa below | Shift + G |
| ܿ | rwaha | Shift + B |
Accent and AltGr keys
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| AltGr | ّ ܁ ܂ ܃ ܄ ܅ ܈ ܉ ܋ ܌ ܍ ┌ ┐ َ ً ُ ٌ ٓ ٔ ݇ ݃ ݅ ̭ ِ ٍ ء ٕ ٰ ݈ ݄ ݆ ْ |
Good to know
- Syriac runs right to left; the text box follows.
- Final forms have their own keys: ܤ.
Layouts on this page
- Syriac (default)
- Syriac Phonetic
Questions
How many letters does the Syriac alphabet have?
28, including 1 final form, per Unicode CLDR. Plus 28 marks typed after a letter.
Which Syriac letters need Shift on this keyboard?
23 of them: ܊ (Shift + 7), ݀ (Shift + Y), ݉ (Shift + 4), ݊ (Shift + ]), ݁ (Shift + U), ݂ (Shift + M), ܑ (Shift + H), ܰ (Shift + Q), ܱ (Shift + A), ܲ (Shift + Z), ܳ (Shift + W), ܴ (Shift + S), ܵ (Shift + X), ܶ (Shift + E).
Guides
More keyboards
Layout data: CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/syr-t-k0-windows.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/syr-t-k0-windows-qwerty.xml. Letter list: CLDR release-43 (syr). Letter names: Unicode Character Database. What you type stays in your browser.