Characters from world writing systems
The world writes in hundreds of ways. This category gathers more than 2,200 characters from scripts that need special handling, such as Korean Hangul syllables, Japanese hiragana and katakana, Hebrew vowel points, Arabic harakat and the vowel signs and marks used in Indian scripts like Bengali, Devanagari and Tamil.
Tap any character to copy it. If you want a full alphabet in order, open the world alphabets collection and choose a language.
What you will find here
- Korean Hangul: Common syllables like 한, 글, 사, 랑 for Korean words.
- Japanese kana: Hiragana あ い う and katakana ア イ ウ.
- Hebrew points: Niqqud vowel marks used under and over Hebrew letters.
- Arabic marks: Harakat like fatha, kasra and damma for Arabic and Urdu.
- Indic vowel signs: Marks like া ি ী in Bangla and ा ि ी in Hindi.
- Combining marks: Small signs that attach to the letter before them.
What are combining marks?
Many scripts use marks that sit on, under or next to a letter. In Bangla, the vowel sign ি attaches to a consonant to make কি. In Hindi, ा turns क into का. In Hebrew and Arabic, small vowel points show how a word is pronounced. These marks are separate characters in Unicode, but they are meant to join the letter before them.
When you copy a mark on its own, it may look like it is floating or sitting on a dotted circle. That is normal. Paste it right after a letter and it joins up correctly.
Who uses these characters?
Language learners use them to practise writing. Teachers use them to make worksheets. Translators and editors use them to fix a missing mark in a document. Designers use them to set text for posters, logos and apps in many languages. And anyone who is typing on a device without the right keyboard can copy what they need here.
Tips for typing other scripts
For writing a lot of text, it is best to add a keyboard for that language in your phone or computer settings. Android, iPhone, Windows and Mac all include keyboards for Bangla, Hindi, Arabic, Korean, Japanese and many more. Copying is perfect for a few characters, a missing mark or a quick test of how a letter looks.
Browse by language
Want a clean, ordered alphabet? The world alphabets collection has pages for Bangla, Hindi, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhala, Urdu, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Russian, Armenian, Georgian, Thai, Lao, Khmer, Burmese and Amharic, plus Japanese, Korean and Chinese symbols. Each page shows letters first, then vowel signs, marks and digits.
Frequently asked questions
- Why does a mark show with a dotted circle?
- Combining marks need a letter before them. On their own, many devices show a dotted circle to show where the letter would go.
- How do I copy a full Korean word?
- Copy each syllable you need, or add them to the composer and copy them together. For a lot of text, use a Korean keyboard.
- Where are the full alphabets?
- Open the world alphabets collection and pick a language. Each page lists the whole alphabet in order.
- Do these characters work in Word and Google Docs?
- Yes. They are standard Unicode text and work in all modern apps, as long as a font for that script is installed.