Letter 13 of 28
The letter ش
How ش is written, how it sounds with each vowel, and words that start with it, carry it or end with it.
Letter forms
A letter's shape changes with its place in the word.
- شـStart of a word
- ـشـMiddle of a word
- شEnd, unjoined
- ـشEnd, joined
Letter sounds
Ten sounds: short and long vowels, tanween and sukun.
شَ
Short vowel
Short vowel
Long vowel
Tanween
Sukun
Words from the curriculum
Each word with its syllables, as in the sound-blending lesson.
At the start
- شَـجَـرَةٌشَـ/ـجَـ/ـرَ/ةٌ
- شِــرَاعٌشِـ/ـرَا/عٌ
- شُـرطِـيٌّشُـر/طِـيْـ/ـيٌ
- شَارِعٌشَا/رِ/عٌ
- شِيـنٌشِيـ/ـنٌ
In the middle
- فَرَاشَةٌفَـ/ـرَا/شَـ/ـةٌ
- نَاشِـرٌنَا/شِـ/ـرٌ
- خُـشُـبٌخُـ/ـشُـ/ـبٌ
- نَشْـكُـرٌنَشْـ/ـكُـ/ـرُ
- مِنْشَارمِنْـ/شَا/رٌ
- بَشِيـربـَ/شِيـ/ـرٌ
- خُـشُوعخُـ/شُو/عٌ
At the end
- عـَطِـشَعـَ/ـطِـ/ـشَ
- يَفْرِشُيَـفْـ/ـرِ/شُ
- عِشْعِـشْ/
- رَشَارَ/شَا
- فِرَاْشِيفِـ/ـرَاْشِي
- فِرَاْشًافِـ/ـرَا/شًا
- فِرَاْشٍفِـ/ـرَا/شٍ
- فِرَاْشٌفِـ/ـرَا/شٌ