Type the phonetically nearest English alphabet repeatedly till you see the character you want on screen.
Type s once for س, twice for ش and thrice for ص.
For half characters, type ' x ' after the alphabet.
To attach ّھ to a character, either type x after the character or type the alphabet with shift.
Note: Instead of k one can also type q. Likewise, instead of f,one can also type pp and so on.
The rules will become clearer when you type few words.
Type the following words with Lipikaar to complete your understanding of the rules.
قرض آم ان ر جهواب ڈربان صڑاف
Read the table below once to familiarize yourself with the phonetically nearest English alphabets for each of the Urdu alphabets.
| Type the English character one or more times to get the corresponding Urdu characters | ||
| k | » | ق ک گ خ |
| g | » | غ |
| c | » | چ |
| j | » | ج |
| t | » | ت ۃ ط ٹ |
| d | » | د ڈ |
| n | » | ن ں |
| p | » | پ |
| b | » | ب |
| m | » | م |
| y | » | ے ي ۓ |
| r | » | ر ڑ |
| l | » | ل |
| v | » | و ؤ |
| s | » | س ش ص ث |
| h | » | ھ ح ہ ء ۂ |
| a | » | ا آ |
| i | » | ع |
| e | » | ي ئ |
| x | » | ّ ـ |
| z | » | ز ذ ظ ض ژ |