Hindi keyboard
Tap Hindi letters and vowel signs on screen, or type with InScript, Remington or English letters on your keyboard.
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How Hindi letters are built
Hindi is written in Devanagari. Every consonant carries a short a sound. A vowel after it becomes a small sign around the letter, and two consonants with no vowel between them join into one shape.
| अa | आaa | इi | ईii | उu | ऊuu | ऋR | एe | ऐai | ओo | औau | ऑO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| क | का | कि | की | कु | कू | कृ | के | कै | को | कौ | कॉ |
The vowel sign ि is drawn before the consonant but said after it. In Hindi, र before another consonant is drawn on top of it as a small hook (धर्म). Unicode stores letters in the order they are said, but old fonts such as Kruti Dev 010 stored them in the order they are drawn, which is why old documents turn into a jumble without the font.
How to use the Hindi on-screen keyboard
Tap a consonant
Tap a consonant such as क. The vowel keys change to show the joined letters: का, कि, की and so on.
Tap a vowel or halant
Tap a vowel key to finish the letter, or halant to join it with the next consonant (क्ष, स्त).
Or use your keyboard
Pick InScript or Remington to type Hindi with your computer keys; the layout is drawn below the keys. Copy all when you are done.
Good to know
- Backspace removes one sign at a time, so का goes back to क.
- InScript is the government standard: vowels on the left of the keyboard, consonants on the right, signs typed after the letter.
- Remington is the old typewriter layout used with Kruti Dev: the short i sign is typed before its letter.
- On a phone, the phone's own keyboard stays hidden so the keys have room. Tick Use phone keyboard too to bring it back.
Where people use it
No Hindi keyboard installed
Tap letters and matras on screen and copy the text.
Learning the layout
See the InScript or Remington layout drawn as you type.
Typing practice
Ready for timed practice? Take the typing test.
Hindi typing test
Why this one
It shows the layout on screen while you type with your own keyboard, so you learn it as you go.
- Every letter and sign on screen.
- InScript, Remington and phonetic keys.
- Works on phones.
People find this page by searching
- hindi keyboard
- hindi keyboard online
- inscript hindi keyboard
- remington hindi keyboard
- hindi virtual keyboard
- kruti dev keyboard
Cite this tool
- APA
sdev.in. (n.d.). Hindi keyboard [Web tool]. https://www.sdev.in/tools/hindi-keyboard
- MLA
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- Chicago
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- BibTeX
@misc{sdev-hindi-keyboard, title = {Hindi keyboard}, author = {{sdev.in}}, howpublished = {\url{https://www.sdev.in/tools/hindi-keyboard}}, note = {Web tool} }
Questions people ask
What is the difference between InScript and Remington?
InScript is the Unicode standard layout that comes with Windows and phones. Remington follows the old typewriter and the Kruti Dev font, so ि is typed before its letter. Typing exams use one or the other.
How do I type a half letter?
Tap the consonant, then halant (्), then the next consonant: क + ् + य gives क्य.
Do I need to install a Hindi keyboard?
No. Everything works in this page with your normal keyboard or by tapping the keys.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Everything runs in your browser on this device. Nothing you type, paste or open is sent to a server, and the saved draft stays in this browser only.