⌨️Standard QWERTY

English Keyboard Layout & Character Map

Interactive visual guide to the Standard QWERTY. Practice pressing keys, explore normal and shift key combinations, and master English typing.

Virtual English Keyboard

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Vowels and matras are placed on the left hand, while consonants are organized logically on the right hand.

Unaspirated consonants (e.g. क, त, प) are typed unshifted. Pressing Shift on the same key produces the aspirated form (ख, थ, फ).

Pressing the D key inserts a Virama / Halant, removing the inherent vowel to create conjuncts and half-characters.

Lookup which physical QWERTY key types each English character

Physical Key	Normal Press	Shift + Press	Key Code
`	`	~	Backquote
1	1	!	Digit1
2	2	@	Digit2
3	3	#	Digit3
4	4	$	Digit4
5	5	%	Digit5
6	6	^	Digit6
7	7	&	Digit7
8	8	*	Digit8
9	9	(	Digit9
0	0	)	Digit0
-	-	_	Minus
=	=	+	Equal
Q	q	Q	KeyQ
W	w	W	KeyW
E	e	E	KeyE
R	r	R	KeyR
T	t	T	KeyT
Y	y	Y	KeyY
U	u	U	KeyU
I	i	I	KeyI
O	o	O	KeyO
P	p	P	KeyP
[	[	{	BracketLeft
]	]	}	BracketRight
\	\	\|	Backslash
A	a	A	KeyA
S	s	S	KeyS
D	d	D	KeyD
F	f	F	KeyF
G	g	G	KeyG
H	h	H	KeyH
J	j	J	KeyJ
K	k	K	KeyK
L	l	L	KeyL
;	;	:	Semicolon
'	'	"	Quote
Z	z	Z	KeyZ
X	x	X	KeyX
C	c	C	KeyC
V	v	V	KeyV
B	b	B	KeyB
N	n	N	KeyN
M	m	M	KeyM
,	,	<	Comma
.	.	>	Period
/	/	?	Slash