Hindi Typing
Type Hindi in Unicode with an InScript or Remington layout on any keyboard, then copy it as Unicode or Krutidev.
AltGr types punctuation and Devanagari digits.
Types Hindi in Unicode from an ordinary English keyboard, with the two layouts the SSC allows in its Hindi typing tests: InScript and Remington (GAIL). Nothing needs installing: each key is read by its position, and the on-screen keyboard below the text shows what every key types, and types it when tapped on a phone.
Copy the text as Unicode, which shows in Mangal and every modern font, or as Kruti Dev 010 for documents still kept in that font. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
How to use it
- InScript is Windows' own Hindi keyboard (“Hindi Traditional”), key for key. Letters are typed in the order they are spoken, a vowel sign after its consonant and
D(्) between two consonants to join them. AltGr types Latin punctuation such as?and;and the Devanagari digits; Ctrl+Shift+1 and Ctrl+Shift+2 type the zero-width joiner and non-joiner, which after ् force a half letter or a visible ्. - Remington (GAIL) follows the old Hindi typewriter, as Microsoft Indic Input implements it. It keeps the typewriter's order: ि is typed before its consonant or conjunct, the reph (र् over a letter) and the rakar (्र) after it. Full ख, श, ध and similar letters are a half letter followed by the ा stem, आ is अ followed by ा, and ई is इ followed by the reph. ँ is ॅ followed by the anusvara, and may come before a ु or ू. Esc, then a key, types a nukta letter or a symbol: Esc then
Mis ड़. The numpad types Devanagari digits, or Latin digits with Caps Lock on. Like Indic Input, the layout cannot type ाँ (ा and ॅ join into ॉ first, so माँ is written मां), ङ or ञ on their own, or the visarga: Shift+3 types a colon. - System keyboard leaves typing to your device's own Hindi keyboard, such as a phone's, and changes nothing.
Keys are read by where they sit, not by the letter your keyboard prints, so the layouts work the same on a French or German keyboard. Backspace straight after a key removes all that key typed, including a ि it moved or a vowel it joined. With InScript or Remington chosen, a phone's own keyboard stays closed and the on-screen keyboard types; Shift and AltGr on it apply to the next key.
Examples
The same word on both layouts
- InScript keys
- ufxor
- Remington keys
- fganh
- Text
- हिंदी
Both type हिंदी. InScript takes ह before its ि; Remington takes the ि first, as the typewriter did, and the tool stores it after ह.
Remington: a conjunct, a stem and a reph
- Remington keys
- fLFkfr /keZ
- Text
- स्थिति धर्म
In fLFkfr the first ि is typed before the whole conjunct स्थ, and k after the half थ completes it. In /keZ the stem completes ध and the reph Z, typed after म, is stored as the र् before it.
Key charts
| Key | Types | With Shift |
|---|---|---|
` | — | — |
1 | 1 | ऍ |
2 | 2 | ◌ॅ |
3 | 3 | ◌्र |
4 | 4 | र् |
5 | 5 | ज्ञ |
6 | 6 | त्र |
7 | 7 | क्ष |
8 | 8 | श्र |
9 | 9 | ( |
0 | 0 | ) |
- | - | ◌ः |
= | ◌ृ | ऋ |
Q | ◌ौ | औ |
W | ◌ै | ऐ |
E | ◌ा | आ |
R | ◌ी | ई |
T | ◌ू | ऊ |
Y | ब | भ |
U | ह | ङ |
I | ग | घ |
O | द | ध |
P | ज | झ |
[ | ड | ढ |
] | ◌़ | ञ |
\ | ◌ॉ | ऑ |
A | ◌ो | ओ |
S | ◌े | ए |
D | ◌् | अ |
F | ◌ि | इ |
G | ◌ु | उ |
H | प | फ |
J | र | ऱ |
K | क | ख |
L | त | थ |
; | च | छ |
' | ट | ठ |
X | ◌ं | ◌ँ |
C | म | ण |
V | न | — |
B | व | — |
N | ल | ळ |
M | स | श |
, | , | ष |
. | . | । |
/ | य | य़ |
| Key | Types | With Shift |
|---|---|---|
` | ◌़ | द्य |
1 | 1 | । |
2 | 2 | / |
3 | 3 | : |
4 | 4 | * |
5 | 5 | - |
6 | 6 | ' |
7 | 7 | ' |
8 | 8 | द्ध |
9 | 9 | त्र |
0 | 0 | ऋ |
- | ; | . |
= | ◌ृ | ◌् |
Q | ◌ु | फ (Poonch) |
W | ◌ू | ◌ॅ |
E | म | म् |
R | त | त् |
T | ज | ज् |
Y | ल | ल् |
U | न | न् |
I | प | प् |
O | व | व् |
P | च | च् |
[ | ख् | क्ष् |
] | , | द्व |
\ | ( | ) |
A | ◌ं | ◌ा |
S | ◌े | ◌ै |
D | क | क् |
F | ◌ि | थ् |
G | ह | ळ |
H | ◌ी | भ् |
J | र | श्र |
K | ◌ा | ज्ञ |
L | स | स् |
; | य | रू |
' | श् | ष् |
Z | ◌्र | र् (Reph) |
X | ग | ग् |
C | ब | ब् |
V | अ | ट |
B | इ | ठ |
N | द | छ |
M | उ | ड |
, | ए | ढ |
. | ण् | झ |
/ | ध् | घ् |
Hindi in the SSC typing tests
The SSC's notice for the Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination 2026 (para 13.9.13.7(viii)) requires candidates who take the LDC/JSA typing test in Hindi to type in the Mangal font only; another font leads to non-qualification. Its instructions for Hindi typing and stenography tests let each candidate choose, at the start of the test, between an InScript (modified) and a Remington keyboard layout.
The SSC does not publish what its modification of InScript changes. The InScript here is the Hindi keyboard Windows ships, which the SSC's layout sheet points to, and its Remington is the one in Microsoft's Indic input tools, which the sheet also points to.
Sources
- Notice of Combined Higher Secondary (10+2) Level Examination, 2026 — Staff Selection Commission
- Keyboard layout instructions for typing and stenography skill tests in Hindi — Staff Selection Commission
- Keyboard layouts for Hindi typing — Staff Selection Commission
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Frequently asked questions
Hkkjr types भारत in both. The number row differs. In Kruti Dev = is त्र; in Remington (GAIL) it is ृ, and त्र is Shift+9.See also
- Krutidev to Unicode Converter — Convert Hindi text between Kruti Dev and Unicode, in either direction.
- Hindi Typing Test — Test your Hindi typing speed on InScript or Remington.