س and ش
Read the same skeleton with and without upper dots.
About this unit
س is s and ش is sh. They have the same shape; ش adds three dots.
- س
s, as in “sun”سَمَك · fish - ش
sh, as in “ship”شَاي · tea
One letter, several shapes
A letter's shape depends on its neighbours. At the start it joins only the next letter, in the middle both neighbours, at the end only the letter before it.
Three dots above make ش.
Follow the whole wavy shape first, then look for the dots.
More words to read
شَمْس
sunshamsسُور
wallsūrسِلْك
wiresilkمِشْمِش
apricotsmishmishنَسْر
eaglenasrReading tips
ش adds three dots above the س skeleton. Their sounds differ. Sun is شَمْس; the article’s special pronunciation will be explained at its first appearance.
Reading practice
Listen before looking
Do the two recordings sound the same or different?
Letters in words
Match each sign to the same sign in its example.
Shapes in the middle
Match each letter to its shape in the middle of a word.
Letters inside words
Match each letter to the marked shape in the word.
Find the sound
Match the sounds to the signs. Tap a sign to check.
Read with support
Match the words to their pictures.
Read without a sound cue
Match the words to their pictures.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
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Read the same skeleton with and without upper dots.
سَمَك
fish
شَاي
teaشَمْس
sunسُور
wallسِلْك
wireمِشْمِش
apricotsنَسْر
eagleUse a Arabic keyboard
Standard Arabic keyboard or course tiles. Enter logical letters; the font shapes joins. Numbers retain normal digit order. Optional vowel marks are separate inputs.
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