Jeem جِيم

Jeem has one dot below, inside its curved shape. Its beginning and middle forms look more compact than its standalone and final forms. It can join on both sides.

Camel

In the Arabic word جَمَل (“camel”), the first letter is jeem. Look for the single dot below the main stroke.

One letter. Four shapes.

The standalone form is above. Read the three connected forms from right to left.

Beginning

Joins to the left

Camel

Jeem joins to meem on its left.

Middle

Joins on both sides

Tree

Jeem joins to sheen on the right and raa on the left.

End

Joins to the right

Snow

Jeem joins to the preceding laam on its right.

The name stays jeem in every shape. A connected form does not add a new sound. Gold highlights this letter in each example.

1Three short vowelsA little mark changes the sound.

The letter’s name is jeem. Follow the Arabic tiles from right to left.

2Stretch the vowelJeem with alif, yaa and waaw.

Keep the same consonant and stretch the vowel. These are sound practice units.

3Jeem without a vowelSukūn · no following vowel.

The circle above جْ means there is no vowel on this consonant. Here is a complete noun, read when stopping.

Snow

Snow · stopping formthalj

جْ

Listen to the whole word.

When stopping on thalj, no vowel follows the final jeem. The laam before it also has sukūn. In Tajweed, sākin jeem has qalqalah: a brief release, without an extra vowel.

4Two letters, one written shapeShaddah · three vowel sounds.

A shaddah joins two of the same consonant. The first has sukūn; the second has the vowel. Read each Arabic sequence from right to left.