Jawi Alphabet - Letters

Letters

Jawi alphabet
Character Isolated Initial Medial Final Sound represented Rumi equivalent Name Unicode
ا‎ ا‎ ـا‎ /a/ a alif 0627
ب‎ ب‎ بـ‎ ـبـ‎ ـب‎ /b/ b ba 0628
ت‎ ت‎ تـ‎ ـتـ‎ ـت‎ /t/ t ta 062A
ة‎ ة‎ ـة‎ /t/ t ta marbutah 0629
ث‎ ث‎ ثـ‎ ـثـ‎ ـث‎ /s/ s sa 062B
ج‎ ج‎ جـ‎ ـجـ‎ ـج‎ /d͡ʒ/ j jim 062C
ح‎ ح‎ حـ‎ ـحـ‎ ـح‎ /h/ h ha 062D
چ‎ چ‎ چـ‎ ـچـ‎ ـچ‎ /t͡ʃ/ c ca 0686
خ‎ خ‎ خـ‎ ـخـ‎ ـخ‎ /x/ kh kha 062E
د‎ د‎ ـد‎ /d/ d dal 062F
ذ‎ ذ‎ ـذ‎ /z/ z zal 0630
ر‎ ر‎ ـر‎ /r/ r ra 0631
ز‎ ز‎ ـز‎ /z/ z zai 0632
س‎ س‎ سـ‎ ـسـ‎ ـس‎ /s/ s sin 0633
ش‎ ش‎ شـ‎ ـشـ‎ ـش‎ /ʃ/ sy syin 0634
ص‎ ص‎ صـ‎ ـصـ‎ ـص‎ /s/ s sad 0635
ض‎ ض‎ ضـ‎ ـضـ‎ ـض‎ /d/ d dad 0636
ط‎ ط‎ طـ‎ ـطـ‎ ـط‎ /t/ t tho 0637
ظ‎ ظ‎ ظـ‎ ـظـ‎ ـظ‎ /z/ z zho 0638
ع‎ ع‎ عـ‎ ـعـ‎ ـع‎ /ʔ/ a ain 0639
غ‎ غ‎ غـ‎ ـغـ‎ ـغ‎ /ɣ/ gh ghain 063A
ڠ‎ ڠ‎ ڠـ‎ ـڠـ‎ ـڠ‎ /ŋ/ ng nga 06A0
ف‎ ف‎ فـ‎ ـفـ‎ ـف‎ /f/ f fa 0641
ڤ‎ ڤ‎ ڤـ‎ ـڤـ‎ ـڤ‎ /p/ p pa 06A4
ق‎ ق‎ قـ‎ ـقـ‎ ـق‎ /ʔ/ and /q/ q qaf 0642
ک‎ ک‎ کـ‎ ـکـ‎ ـک‎ /k/ k kaf 06A9
ݢ‎ ݢ‎ ݢـ‎ ـݢـ‎ ـݢ‎ /g/ g ga 0762
ل‎ ل‎ لـ‎ ـلـ‎ ـل‎ /l/ l lam 0644
م‎ م‎ مـ‎ ـمـ‎ ـم‎ /m/ m mim 0645
ن‎ ن‎ نـ‎ ـنـ‎ ـن‎ /n/ n nun 0646
و‎ و‎ ـو‎ /w/ and /u, o, ɔ/ w and u, o wau 0648
ۏ‎ ۏ‎ ـۏ‎ /v/ v va 06CF
ه‎ ه‎ هـ‎ ـهـ‎ ـه‎ /h/ h ha bulat 0647
ي‎ ي‎ يـ‎ ـيـ‎ ـي‎ /j/ and /i, e, ɛ/ y and i, e ya 064A
ڽ‎ ڽ‎ ڽـ‎ ـڽـ‎ ـڽ‎ /ɲ/ ny nya 06BD
ء‎ ء‎ ء‎ /ʔ/ - hamzah 0621
أ‎ أ‎ ـأ‎ /ʔ, a, u/ a, u alif with hamzah above 0623
إ‎ إ‎ ـإ‎ /ʔ, i/ i alif with hamzah below 0625
ئ‎ ئ‎ ئـ‎ ـئـ‎ ـئ‎ /ʔ/ - ye with hamzah above 0626
لا‎ لا‎ لا‎ ـلا‎ ـلا‎ /la/ la lam alif
  • Letters with no initial and middle forms adopt the isolated form, because they cannot be joined with other letter (ا‎, د‎, ذ‎, ر‎, ز‎, و‎, ۏ‎, ء‎)
  • The letter hamzah is only present in isolated form in the Malay language.

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