What ໝ means
It marks m; the silent h changes tone class.
The silent ຫ puts ມ in Lao’s high consonant class, which guides syllable tone without changing its sound.
Lao writing developed amid Tai script traditions such as Fak Kham and Sukhothai, with Khmer influence. Earliest evidence for secular (nonreligious) Lao writing is placed at Tha Khek in the late 15th century; this dates the tradition, not ໝ.
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Who writes ໝ
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Don't confuse it with
1ຫມ Two characters spell the same h+m sequence; ໝ encodes it as one.
Related characters
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Alphabet
Questions people ask
1Why does ໝ 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.
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How to type or find ໝ
- Search it as
- Lao hm · Lao h+m · Lao tone class · Lao ຫມ spelling · type ໝ
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
ໝCSS
\0EDDWindows Lao keyboard
On the Windows Lao keyboard layout, press Shift comma.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ໝ
HTML hex
ໝ
CSS content
content: "\0EDD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%BB%9D
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.