What ໆ means
It repeats the Lao word or syllable before it.
The Lao repetition mark follows the unit it repeats. ຫວານ ໆ can mean “rather sweet”; ໄປ ໆ ມາ ໆ means “going and coming.”
The mark itself is neutral; the repeated expression can be emphatic.
Alone, ໆ leaves the repeated unit unstated; read its surrounding Lao text.
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Who writes ໆ
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Don't confuse it with
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Alphabet
Combination ideas
1Lao list ending meaning “etc.”
Questions people ask
1Why does ໆ 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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Collections with ໆ
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How to type or find ໆ
- Also called
- repetition mark · reduplicating mark
- Search it as
- Lao repetition mark · Lao repeat sign · Lao reduplication · Lao etc mark
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ໆ
HTML hex
ໆ
CSS content
content: "\0EC6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%BB%86
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.