How to type difficult Nepali letters

By NepaliKeyboard · Updated 18 October 2026

Type the sounds in order and the letters join by themselves: kra gives क्र, pra gives प्र, ksha gives क्ष and gya gives ज्ञ. Use M for anusvara (ं), NN for chandrabindu (ँ) and H for visarga (ः).

These are the rules of the standard Romanized scheme, the default in the online Nepali keyboard. Every example on this page was checked against the keyboard itself, so you can type it exactly as shown.

Half letters and conjuncts

A consonant becomes a half letter when no vowel follows it. Type the letters in the order you hear them, and they join.

The last example shows the curl above a letter (रेफ). Type r with no vowel before the next consonant, and र् sits on top of that letter, as in अर्को.

क्ष, ज्ञ and त्र

Three conjuncts have their own spellings:

Use gY (capital Y) when you need ग्य rather than ज्ञ.

Retroflex letters: ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, ष

Capital letters give the retroflex sounds:

Chandrabindu, anusvara and visarga

M adds the dot (ं), NN adds the moon and dot (ँ) and H after a vowel adds visarga (ः). In the classic scheme, type * for ं and ** for ँ instead.

ऋ, ङ and ञ

Ending a word and keeping letters apart

• A consonant at the end of a word keeps its halant: nepaal gives नेपाल्. Add a to finish it: nepaala gives नेपाल.
• Type {} between two letters to stop them joining: k{}ha gives क्ह.
• Wrap English words in braces to keep them as they are: {Facebook} stays Facebook.
• A full stop gives the danda: . gives ।

Print it

All of these examples fit on one page: download the difficult letters cheat sheet (A4 PDF), or see all printable charts.

Try it

Open the online Nepali keyboard, choose Romanized and type any example above. The full rule table lists every letter.