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Hindi Typing Tool
This free Hindi typing tool gives you a complete Devanagari keyboard on your screen — every vowel, consonant, sign and digit — so you can type real Hindi on any device. Tap the keys, or use the quick words row for common phrases.
Words convert as you press Space. You can also press the Convert button at any time.
Tap a common Hindi word to add it:
How to use this Hindi typing tool
- Tap letters on the keyboard and they appear in the text box at the cursor.
- After a consonant, tap a sign from the second row (ा ि ी ु ू े ै ो ौ) to change its vowel.
- To join two consonants, type the halant key (्) between them — or tap a ready-made joined letter like क्ष.
- The quick words row drops in common phrases like नमस्ते and धन्यवाद with one tap.
- Prefer English letters? Switch to the "Type in English letters" tab and type words as they sound.
- Copy your text, or download it as a .txt file when you are done.
How it works — the typing scheme
The keyboard is laid out in the traditional Devanagari order, the same order used in Hindi schools and dictionaries. The first row holds the independent vowels, used at the start of a word. The second row holds the vowel signs, called matras, which attach to the letter before them. The consonants follow in their sound groups — throat, palate, curled tongue, teeth and lips — and end with य र ल व श ष स ह and the joined letters क्ष and ज्ञ.
The bottom row holds the Devanagari digits ०–९. A consonant key always types the letter with its in-built "a" sound, so क reads "ka". Tap a matra right after it to change the vowel — क + ि = कि — or tap the halant key (्) to remove the vowel and join the next letter, so क + ् + त = क्त. The English-letters tab follows the phonetic scheme below, which produces the same letters from your normal keyboard.
| You type | At the start of a word | After a consonant (sign) |
|---|---|---|
| a | अ | — (no sign) |
| aa | आ | ा |
| i | इ | ि |
| ee | ई | ी |
| u | उ | ु |
| oo | ऊ | ू |
| e | ए | े |
| ai | ऐ | ै |
| o | ओ | ो |
| au | औ | ौ |
| ri | ऋ | ृ |
| You type | Letter | You type | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| ka | क | na | न |
| kha | ख | pa | प |
| ga | ग | pha | फ |
| gha | घ | ba | ब |
| nga | ङ | bha | भ |
| cha | च | ma | म |
| chha | छ | ya | य |
| ja | ज | ra | र |
| jha | झ | la | ल |
| nya | ञ | va | व |
| Ta | ट | sha | श |
| Tha | ठ | Sha | ष |
| Da | ड | sa | स |
| Dha | ढ | ha | ह |
| Na | ण | ksha | क्ष |
| ta | त | gya | ज्ञ |
| tha | थ | za | ज़ |
| da | द | Ra | ड़ |
| dha | ध |
| Special rule | You get | Note |
|---|---|---|
| M (capital M) | ं | Anusvara, the dot sound — haM = हं |
| ' (apostrophe) | ् | Halant — cuts the vowel: k'ta = क्त |
| word ending | (no sign) | A consonant at the end of a word drops its vowel sound |
On the English-letters tab, a short common-words list is matched first, so mera, ram and kya always come out as मेरा, राम and क्या. Type a capital M for the anusvara dot (ं), and an apostrophe to force a halant. Both tabs share one text box, so you can mix methods and fix one stubborn word on the keyboard.
Worked example
Let us type the greeting नमस्ते (namaste) on the keyboard.
Step 1: Tap न. The box shows न.
Step 2: Tap म. It simply follows: नम.
Step 3: Tap स, then the halant key ्. Now the स is cut short and waits to join: नमस्.
Step 4: Tap त, which joins the cut स — नमस्त — then tap the े sign: नमस्ते.
The word is complete: नमस्ते, 6 characters. Notice how the halant did the joining work — that single key is the secret to every joined letter in Hindi. The "Type a sample" button types a full greeting sentence for you to edit.
The Devanagari keyboard layout
Devanagari is an abugida: instead of separate letters for every sound, each consonant carries a vowel with it, and signs change or remove that vowel. That is why the keyboard has two kinds of keys. The signs sit in different places around their letter: ि before it in reading order, े and ै on top, ु and ू below, ा after — arranged automatically as you tap.
The letter order on this keyboard is the order every Hindi learner meets first, grouped by where in the mouth each sound is made. Once your fingers learn the groups, typing gets fast. The same layout serves Sanskrit, Marathi and Nepali too.
FAQ
How do I type Hindi with this tool?
Tap the letters on the Devanagari keyboard and they appear in the text box at the cursor. After a consonant, tap a vowel sign from the second row to change its sound, and use the halant key (्) to join letters. The quick words row adds whole common phrases in one tap. If you prefer, switch to the English-letters tab and type Hindi words as they sound — they convert when you press Space.
How do I make joined letters like क्त or क्ष?
Type the first consonant, tap the halant key (्), then type the second consonant: क + ् + त gives क्त. The halant cuts the vowel of the first letter so it can join the next one. Very common joins have their own keys on this keyboard — क्ष and ज्ञ sit in the last consonant row — and the English-letters tab builds joins automatically when consonants come together, like kya becoming क्या.
What are the small signs in the second row?
They are matras, the vowel signs of Devanagari. A consonant letter on its own carries the sound "a", so क is "ka". A matra changes that vowel: क + ि = कि, क + ु = कु, क + े = के. Tap a matra straight after a consonant and it attaches to that letter. The last two keys in the row are the anusvara dot (ं) and the halant (्), which removes a vowel instead of changing it.
Can I type Hindi on my phone with this tool?
Yes. The keyboard works with taps on any touchscreen, and the keys resize to fit small screens. Many people use this tool on a phone when the phone has no Hindi keyboard installed, or when they need a letter their phone keyboard hides, like ज्ञ or the Devanagari digits. Everything runs in the browser, so there is nothing to install and no app to download.
What do the quick words do?
The quick words row holds the Hindi phrases people type most: greetings like नमस्ते (namaste) and धन्यवाद (thank you), everyday words like आज (today), कल and ठीक है (okay). Tap one and the word appears in the text box at the cursor, followed by a space, ready for the rest of your sentence. It saves hunting for letters when you write the same phrases every day.
Can I download what I type?
Yes. The Download .txt button saves everything in the text box as a plain text file on your device, encoded in UTF-8 so the Hindi letters stay correct when you open the file later. The Copy button copies the text for pasting into WhatsApp, a document or a social media post. Nothing you type is sent to a server or stored anywhere.