Effortless Hindi Typing Special Character Code

Tech Guide/ Abhishek Sharma · Jul 10, 2026 · 5 min read

Have you ever tried typing a half letter or a conjunct character (like क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ) in Hindi and your keyboard just wouldn’t give you the right symbol? 😩 You’re not alone. Thousands of students and professionals face this exact problem every day when they try to type Hindi typing special characters in Kruti Dev or Mangal font.

In this guide, we’ll give you the exact Alt code for every special character — whether you’re preparing for an SSC exam, or you’re a translator based in the US/UK who wants to type Hindi without any extra hardware. Let’s get started!

📋What’s Inside This Guide

1. What Are Hindi Typing Special Characters?
2. Kruti Dev Font Special Character Alt Codes
3. Mangal Font (Unicode) Special Character Codes
4. How to Use Hindi Character Codes on Windows 11
5. How to Type Hindi Special Characters on Mac
6. Kruti Dev vs Mangal vs Unicode — Comparison Table
7. Best Tools & Keyboards for Hindi Typing
8. FAQs
9. Conclusion

🎯 What Are Hindi Typing Special Characters?

Not every letter in Hindi (Devanagari script) stands alone. Some letters combine with each other to form a brand-new symbol, known as a conjunct character.

For example:

👉 क् + ष = क्ष
👉 त् + र = त्र
👉 ज् + ञ = ज्ञ

You won’t find these directly on a standard keyboard layout. That’s where Alt codes and font-specific shortcuts come in.

💡 Pro Tip: If you’re preparing for government exams (like SSC or court typing tests), learning Kruti Dev is essential. But if you’re typing for a website, Word document, or WhatsApp, Unicode (Mangal) is the better choice.

Kruti Dev Font Special Character Alt Codes

Kruti Dev is the most widely used font in India’s government typing exams. Here’s a table of common special characters and their shortcut keys.

Character	Name	Kruti Dev Shortcut
क्ष	Ksha	Nx
त्र	Tra	=
ज्ञ	Gya	K.
श्र	Shra	J
द्व	Dva	4

These shortcuts only work once you have the Kruti Dev 010 font installed and active on your system. How to download and install Hindi Indian Rupees Symbol Font

⚙️ Mangal Font (Unicode) Special Character Codes

If you’re using Unicode or Mangal font, you’ll need Windows’ built-in Alt + Numeric codes instead. These are universal — they work in Word, Excel, your browser, anywhere.

Character	Unicode Alt Code
क्ष	Alt + 2325 + 094D + 0937
त्र	Alt + 0924 + 094D + 0930
ज्ञ	Alt + 091C + 094D + 091E
ऋ (vowel)	Alt + 0090
ँ (chandrabindu)	Alt + 0901

⚠️ Warning: Num Lock must be ON before you enter any code, or the Alt code simply won’t work.

💻 How to Use Hindi Character Codes on Windows 11

Windows 11 comes with a built-in Input Method Editor (IME) for Hindi typing. That means you don’t need to download any extra software.

Follow these steps:

Go to Settings → Time & Language → Language & Region.
Click “Add a language” and select Hindi.
Choose the “Devanagari – INSCRIPT” keyboard layout.
Toggle Hindi input on from the language bar.

Once it’s set up, you can type directly — no Alt codes needed at all. This is especially useful for NRIs and global translators who want to type Hindi on a US-layout keyboard without any special hardware.

📱 How to Type Hindi Special Characters on Mac

The process is a little different on a Mac. In macOS, go to System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources and add “Devanagari.”

Once added, holding the Alt (Option) key gives you access to several special characters directly — similar to Windows Alt codes, but using Mac’s own shortcut system.

✅ Key Takeaway:
Whether it’s Windows or Mac, typing becomes fairly smooth once you’ve added a Devanagari input source — the only shortcuts you really need to memorize are for conjunct characters.

📊 Kruti Dev vs Mangal vs Unicode — Comparison Table

Not sure which font to use? This table clears up the confusion.

Feature	Kruti Dev	Mangal (Unicode)
Best for	Govt. exams, typing tests	Websites, Word, WhatsApp
Font install needed?	Yes	No (built into Windows/Mac)
SEO / Web friendly	No	Yes
Cross-device compatibility	Low	High
Learning curve	Steep	Easy

🏆 Best Tools & Keyboards for Hindi Typing

If you type in Hindi regularly, the right tools can save you a lot of time.

⌨️ Dual-language mechanical keyboards — labeled with both Devanagari and English characters, perfect for exam practice.
🚀 Translation SaaS tools — great for professionals who translate content in bulk; cloud-based tools save real time.
📱 Google Indic Keyboard — the best free option for phonetic typing on mobile.

Hindi Typing- Steps for Learning Effortless Hindi typing

If you want more technical detail on the Unicode standard itself, check out the official Unicode Consortium website — it’s the authoritative source for Devanagari character encoding.

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❓ FAQs

1. Which font is best for Hindi typing — Kruti Dev or Mangal?

For websites and general digital use, Mangal (Unicode) is the best choice because it’s universally compatible. Learn Kruti Dev only if you’re preparing for government typing exams.

2. How do I enable the Hindi keyboard on Windows 11?

Go to Settings → Time & Language → Language & Region, add Hindi as a language, and select the Devanagari INSCRIPT layout.

3. How do I type Hindi special characters using Alt codes?

Turn on Num Lock, hold the Alt key, type the character’s 4-digit Unicode number, then release Alt.

4. Can I use Kruti Dev font on a Mac?

You can, but macOS’s default input system is Unicode-based, so Mangal font tends to work more smoothly.

5. What’s the easiest way to type half letters (conjunct characters)?

Use a phonetic typing tool like Google Indic Keyboard — it automatically converts your English spelling into the correct Devanagari conjunct.

🚀 Conclusion

Typing Hindi special characters can feel intimidating, but with the right code list in hand, it takes minutes. Whether you’re preparing for an exam with Kruti Dev, or drafting a professional document with Mangal/Unicode — you now have the right code for every situation.

🔥 Quick Summary:
Use Kruti Dev for exams, Unicode Mangal for web/professional use — and setup on Windows 11 or Mac takes just 2 minutes either way.

Now it’s your turn — try out these codes and let us know in the comments which one you found most useful! 👇

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86 thoughts on “Effortless Hindi Typing Special Character Code”

boby
25/10/2024 at 9:34 AM
ङ्ग कैसे टाईप होगा।
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sweta singh
29/09/2023 at 10:03 AM
Dear sir, can u tell me the alt code of “half iyn(ञ्)” in kruti dev
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Mukesh Kumar
20/02/2022 at 5:33 PM
Please suggest how to wright “Ghari” in hindi font kruti dev 10
Regard’s
Mukesh
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- Manish
  20/02/2022 at 11:00 PM
  Type keyboard key : /kjh for “Ghari”
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- Shift+ ? + K +, shift + m +h+a
  14/05/2022 at 5:08 PM
  ????
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Heena Gupta
24/02/2021 at 5:59 AM
श्च,श्व,द्भ ka code
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Rakhi kumari
29/09/2020 at 5:00 PM
Shreshth ka alt code key yh shortcut ky hoga sir jii
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ADITYA
06/04/2019 at 5:21 PM
सर ह्र को KRUTIDEV FONT पर कैसे टाइप करुँ ? ह्रास
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Rajbali kushwaha
15/03/2019 at 12:30 AM
hyphen and presentage ka sign kruti dev me kaise type karte hai
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harigovind
12/02/2019 at 3:44 PM
hindi me art likhane ka tarika bataea
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suraj choudhary
04/01/2019 at 7:43 AM
how to write shree first word in kruti dev 010 plz tell me
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- KAJAL SINGH
  22/06/2021 at 12:30 PM
  shift+j then H
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Kiran Kumari
29/12/2018 at 10:17 PM
How to write hyphen – in kruti dev 10?
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sachin
14/12/2018 at 5:47 PM
हिन्दी मे रुपये का symbol के लिए कौन सा key है कृपया बताइये ?
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- Amit Sharma
  20/12/2018 at 4:15 PM
  Hi Sachin,
  Thanks for writing us. First you have to download and install Hindi Indian Rupees Symbol Font at your system. If you want to how to do this job you just read given article…. How to download and install Hindi Indian Rupees Symbol Font: (http://skyneel.com/hindi-indian-rupees-symbol-font).
  Keep in touch and if you have any issue then write us..
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- MITHLESH
  29/01/2019 at 4:20 PM
  SIFT+;
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- Meenu
  07/12/2022 at 10:17 PM
  Bda ” oo “”kse kru type?
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- Meenu
  07/12/2022 at 10:20 PM
  Aap symbol me jakr shortcut key b assign kr skte h
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- rajesh kumar
  01/04/2023 at 12:10 PM
  shift+;: buttun
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pawan thakur
28/11/2018 at 6:45 PM
percent ke liy kurthidev 10 short key
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harish
01/09/2018 at 2:01 PM
dear sir/madam kruti dev me inverted commas (“) kese type honge
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- Amit Sharma
  15/09/2018 at 4:49 PM
  Hi Harish,
  You can use given shortcut key Alt+0222 & Alt+0223 for double inverted commas. Thanks for writing, keep in touch.
  Reply
  - हीरा चन्द पटेल
    11/11/2018 at 2:25 PM
    सर कृतिदेव 10 में श्च एवं ङ्ग कैसे टाईप होगा।
    Reply
mohit
05/06/2018 at 4:07 PM
devnagri font me kon kona se font aate h hindi ke
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Shailesh Kumar
27/04/2018 at 1:17 AM
सर कृति देव में ग्र कैसे टाइप होगा???
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shyam
16/03/2018 at 1:03 PM
sir how to write ड्रोन, माँ, () in kruti dev fonts
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ketan pant
18/11/2017 at 9:54 AM
Dear sir, can u tell me the alt code of “half iyn(ञ्)” and alt code of “om” character in kruti dev 10?
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vikas
11/10/2017 at 5:13 PM
parcent ka symbol kesi aaega plz bta do sir Vc80609@gmail
par dal de
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- Amit Sharma
  16/10/2017 at 4:28 PM
  Dear Vikas,
  Use Alt+037 or You can also get help Onscreen Keyboard where you have to press Alt+Shift+Ctrl and choose % symbol.
  Reply
  - abhishek
    04/02/2019 at 12:21 AM
    % ka symbol us code se nhi aata hai
    aur alt+shift+ctrl and % symbol choose karne se ye :aata ha
    Reply
YOVEL POONAM PRAVEEN SORENG
23/09/2017 at 8:19 PM
plz guide how write1/2 in kurtidev010 font
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- Gautam Tiwari
  19/01/2018 at 2:51 PM
  alt+0188=¼
  alt+0189=½
  You must select english font then use this shortcut key
  Reply
swati kushwah
12/09/2017 at 9:48 AM
remington gail all code character not type why please help
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Nagendra samad
16/08/2017 at 1:19 AM
Percent ka sign kaise hota hi hindi typing me
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Bheem Singh
13/08/2017 at 9:53 AM
Sir percentage ka symbol kese type ho ga
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vijendra
21/06/2017 at 2:29 PM
% persentage kritidev me konse code se ayga
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Sonu
18/05/2017 at 10:28 AM
koi batayega (मैं ,में)me uper ki matra ke lie kruti font 010 me code kya hai
or पढ़ाई me niche bindi ke kie code kya hai
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Sonu
18/05/2017 at 10:22 AM
कोई बताएगा – क्रुति फॉन्ट 010 मे -मैं लिखने के लिए ऊपर की मात्र केसे दी जाती है
ओर पढ़ाई मे नीचे की बिंदी केसे दी जाती है
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- ak
  26/05/2017 at 4:43 PM
  मैं लखिने के लिए e के बाद shift+s दबाओ फिर a दबाओ
  पढाई के लिए shift दबाकर+ दबाए
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Neha bajpai
16/05/2017 at 3:19 PM
Tell me plz percentage sign in Kruti dev
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- akash kushwaha
  27/05/2017 at 1:33 PM
  please sabhi chapter code bheje
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vipin
25/04/2017 at 4:48 PM
मंगल फोंट के इनिस्क्रिप्ट के सभी सेमबल का कोड़ बता दीजिए मेरे मेल आई डी पर । और कृपा कृति देव का मत भेजिएगा।
vipinkumarc333@gmail.com
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Anil
18/04/2017 at 5:03 PM
Koi bataayega KrutiDev font me फ़ kese likhte he
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manish
12/04/2017 at 5:34 AM
sift+8
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RAJESH KUMAR
17/03/2017 at 6:25 PM
श्व kaise aayega krutidev mein? KESE HOGA
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Parth
22/02/2017 at 4:26 AM
श्व kaise aayega krutidev mein?
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ravikant Agarwal
15/02/2017 at 8:58 PM
thank you
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G.R. ODD
10/02/2017 at 4:58 PM
Devlys 010 me रू kaise aayega plz baataye…
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- ravikant Agarwal
  15/02/2017 at 8:52 PM
  shift+; and agr bada RU likna hai to shift+3
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नितेश
29/01/2017 at 3:00 PM
Krutidev10 का सभी कोड भेजिये, जैसे % जा सिम्बल कैसे आएगा, पॉइंट का सिम्बोल ऐसे ही सभी कोड भेजने की कृपा करें…
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Rakesh Kumar Ojha
19/10/2016 at 2:09 PM
koi batayega
ग्रह kaise likhenge. kyuki ‘xz’ se likhne se ग्र ban to jata hai lekin wo thik se nahi banta jaise hona chahiye.
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mkverma
28/07/2016 at 8:01 PM
Sir Please btaye ki Hyphen (-) likhne k liye kruti dev pr kaise likhenge, with Alt key or other ex. mata-pita, aaj-kal, dhire-dhire. etc. Dash nhi hai.
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- David
  23/11/2016 at 9:30 PM
  Shift+7
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- ravikant Agarwal
  15/02/2017 at 8:53 PM
  shift key with 7
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  - golu yadav
    29/09/2017 at 12:25 PM
    shift and 7
    Reply
kanchan tamar
20/07/2016 at 2:00 PM
sir सद् विचार कैसे लिखे
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विवेक कुमार
12/07/2016 at 9:21 PM
bhai koi mangal ke inskript ke sabhi prakar ke code janta ho to please send me
as: जैसे पढ़ाई के नीचे की बिन्दी दो प्रकार से लगती है। एक तो सिफ्त के साथ ञ से दूसरी कैसे लगती है कोई तो बताओंं क्योंकि कई बार सही लिखने पर भी गलत बताता है सोफ्टवेयर
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- bunty
  18/07/2016 at 9:49 PM
  कौन से साफट्वेयर पर गलत बताता है।
  Reply
mayank Dubey
12/07/2016 at 5:27 PM
percentage ka symbol kaise banega hini typing me
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bunty
28/06/2016 at 2:11 PM
please koi ye bataye ki kurti dev 010 font me ” pra ” likhne ke liye code ka use karna hai ki bina code se bhi ho jaega .. aur agar ho jaega to kya ye test me sahi mana jaega … please koi batae
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- bunty
  28/06/2016 at 2:15 PM
  प्र likhne ke lia code ka use karna hai ki bina iske bhi ho jaega
  Reply
- Vinay Kumar Sharma
  29/06/2016 at 6:38 PM
  Alt + 0193 se “pra” ho jayega
  Reply
अभिषेक मौर्य
25/06/2016 at 11:23 PM
भाई लोग क्या कोई बता सकता है के —- पड़ा —- मंगल फांट से कैसे लिखा जा सकता है?
प ड ़ ा कर के देखने में तो सही लग रहा परन्तु यह सही नहीे है।
ड़ लिखने का तरीका बताये कृपया….
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- Jitendra Singh
  05/03/2017 at 4:53 PM
  पड़ा को मंगल फाॅन्ट में लिखने के लिये टाइप करें— h[ ]e कोष्ठक में स्पेस नहीं देना है।
  Jitendra Singh Bareilly (up)
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Jimmy saroj
25/06/2016 at 3:52 PM
Sir Mujhe mangal font ke sabhi short key mere id par bhej dijiye
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निरज स्वामी
25/06/2016 at 7:09 AM
Can anybody help me to type vidyt in Hindin Inscript with Mangal font. विध्ुत कृप्या अपने विचार जरूर दे. धन्यावाद.
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pawan kumar
23/06/2016 at 6:20 AM
Sir plz…tell me the special cracter of unicode inscript keyboard….plz help me sir bcz my exm is going on only 3 days…exm..द्व हृदय
8292879444
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- sonu
  24/06/2016 at 5:46 PM
  just type
  small letter = o
  then
  small letter = d
  then
  small letter = b
  same for all …..
  important keyword are SMALL LETTER d use
  Reply
sumit nigam
15/06/2016 at 10:42 AM
Sir mujhe Chandini front par typing test dena hai plz…help Hindi typing Unicode inscription pe hogi
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shreya
11/06/2016 at 2:51 PM
Sir mujhe upp computer operator k a typing test r dena hai plz…help Hindi typing Unicode inscription pe hogi…ye kya hai kya ye mangal font hai?
N special character Kaise lagenge like (‘”? Ye sab plz help
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- tajendra dohare
  17/06/2016 at 5:53 PM
  yes mangal font alag hota hai but easy hota hai with practice….
  mera b hai comp operator mai typing…
  Reply
  - Mamta Singh
    22/06/2016 at 11:28 AM
    plz help me how to write special character in mangal font…..
    Reply
- Indresh
  11/07/2016 at 10:59 AM
  Alt+0147 and Alt+0148
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rohit kumar
03/06/2016 at 11:33 AM
hello sir plz magal font key board ki image mail per bhj dijiyy.
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rohit kumar
03/06/2016 at 11:31 AM
मंगल फोंट के इनिस्क्रिप्ट के सभी सेमबल का कोड़ बता दीजिए मेरे मेल आई डी पर । और कृपा कृति देव का मत भेजिएगा।मंगल का कोड प्रश्नवाचक का कोड अल्ट के साथ 63दबाने पर आता है उसी तरह बाकी कोड भी जानना है।धन्यवाद!
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vipinkumar
29/05/2016 at 3:54 PM
sir नेतृत्व me तृ kaise type kare
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- bbbbb
  13/06/2016 at 2:21 PM
  ` type kijiye
  Reply
Priyanka
28/05/2016 at 8:40 PM
hello sir plz magal font key board ki image mail per bhj dijiyy.
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SACHIN RAWAT
23/05/2016 at 8:33 PM
मंगल फोंट के इनिस्क्रिप्ट के सभी सेमबल का कोड़ बता दीजिए मेरे मेल आई डी पर । और कृपा कृति देव का मत भेजिएगा।
मंगल का कोड प्रश्नवाचक का कोड अल्ट के साथ 63 दबाने पर आता है उसी तरह बाकी कोड भी जानना है।धन्यवाद!
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juhi khan
26/02/2016 at 10:40 PM
From which key we type
प्रतिष्ठा
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hp
31/12/2015 at 4:09 PM
how type single and double quote(like ” ‘) in inscript hindi keyboard
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- Abhishek Sharma
  01/01/2016 at 11:54 AM
  Hi harvir,
  Thanks for writing. During typing in hindi letter if you have to use Alt+0222, Alt+0223 for double coat and Shift+6 and Shift+8 for single coat
  Reply
- Megha Sati
  24/06/2016 at 9:34 PM
  tell me how to type half letter (adha क,स,ब,…) in inscript hindi keyboard with mangal font
  Reply
- ravikant Agarwal
  15/02/2017 at 8:57 PM
  single quote by shift+8 and double quote by alt+0222 (opening inverted comma) and alt+0223 (closed inverted comma)
  Reply
Narendra singh adhikari
11/12/2015 at 9:48 PM
veri nic.
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- Amit Sharma
  11/06/2016 at 6:16 PM
  Thanks for writing… :-)
  Reply