Comprehensive reference charts for Devanagari Hindi typing: Vowels (स्वर), Matras (मात्राएं), Consonants, Conjuncts (संयुक्त अक्षर), and standard InScript key assignments.
Independent vowels and dependent vowel signs (matras) used with consonants like क, ख, ग.
| स्वर (Vowel) | मात्रा (Sign) | English Phonetic Key | वर्ण नाम (Description) |
|---|---|---|---|
| अ | — | a | ह्रस्व अ |
| आ | ा | aa | दीर्घ आ |
| इ | ि | i | ह्रस्व इ (छोटी इ) |
| ई | ी | ee / ii | दीर्घ ई (बड़ी ई) |
| उ | ु | u | ह्रस्व उ (छोटा उ) |
| ऊ | ू | oo / uu | दीर्घ ऊ (बड़ा ऊ) |
| ऋ | ृ | ri | ऋषि ऋ |
| ए | े | e | ए |
| ऐ | ै | ai | ऐनक ऐ |
| ओ | ो | o | ओखली ओ |
| औ | ौ | au | औरत औ |
| अं | ं | ang / n | अनुस्वार (बिंदु) |
| अः | ः | aha | विसर्ग |
| अँ | ँ | aan | चन्द्रबिन्दु |
Compound letters formed by joining two or more consonants using halant (्).
| संयुक्त वर्ण | संधि घटक (Components) | Phonetic Typing | उदाहरण शब्द (Examples) |
|---|---|---|---|
| क्ष | क् + ष | ksh / ksha | कक्षा, क्षत्रिय |
| त्र | त् + र | tr / tra | मित्र, छात्र |
| ज्ञ | ज् + ञ | gy / gya | ज्ञान, यज्ञ |
| श्र | श् + र | shr / shra | श्रीमान, श्रम |
| द्ध | द् + ध | ddh | शुद्ध, प्रसिद्ध |
| द्व | द् + व | dw / dv | द्वार, विद्वान |
Standard QWERTY physical keyboard mapping for Unicode InScript layout (pre-installed on Windows and Mac).
Learn more about Devanagari character encoding at the official Unicode Consortium.
InScript chart maps characters logically by phonetics (vowels on the left hand, consonants on the right hand), whereas the Remington chart mimics early 20th century mechanical typewriters where character keys were distributed mechanically without phonetic symmetry.