What ₭ means
It marks an amount in kip, Laos's currency.
For local prices, ₭ stands by the amount; banks and exchanges use LAK, the same currency's three-letter code. Under a foreign-exchange law effective July 2022, domestic prices, payments and receipts must use kip, the Lao central bank says.
A 2007 study traces political shifts in Lao banknote imagery, from monarchy through socialist revolution to the post-reform era.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA friend quotes a shop price
The amount is in kip.
Someone shares a bank rate
LAK identifies the currency for financial systems.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ₭ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ₭
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 20AD, then Alt+X to get ₭.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “kip sign”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 20ad, then Enter or Space.
HTML
₭CSS
\20ADHow to type kip sign
Use a character picker or enter U+20AD with a Unicode input method that accepts codes.
Keyboard fallback
If the sign is unavailable, use LAK in forms and exchanges.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
₭
HTML hex
₭
CSS content
content: "\20AD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%82%AD
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.