ج Letters: ج ح خ

Unit 2 · Letters, vowels & people around you (MSA) · 8 min

ج ح خ share one shape: ج has a dot below (pronounced "g" in Egyptian speech), ح has none (a breathy h from deep in the throat), خ has a dot above (like German ch).

Words in this lesson

• ج (jīm) — Jīm (j; g in Egypt)
• ح (ḥā’) — Ḥā’ (breathy h)
• خ (khā’) — Khā’ (kh)
• جَمَل (jamal) — camel
• حَلِيب (ḥalīb) — milk
• خُبْز (khubz) — bread

Push the air from your throat for ح; it is not an ordinary h.

Project: Find ج, ح and خ on street signs and photograph them.