What บ means
It represents a sound, not a picture of a leaf. บ also belongs to the “middle” consonant class, a spelling group that helps determine tone—the pitch pattern of a spoken syllable.
Thai writing developed to record speech, including vowels and tones. The Ram Khamhaeng inscription, a stone text traditionally dated to 1292, provides early evidence of this writing tradition.
Ordinary Thai spelling, not an emoji signal.
A final บ is not pronounced b.
Part of the collection
Who writes บ
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsPronounced b.
Don't confuse it with
1
Alphabet
More like this
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Collections with บ
5
How to type or find บ
- Also called
- bo bai mai · บอ ใบไม้
- Search it as
- thai b · baw · baimai
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
บCSS
\0E1Aบ keyboard
Select the Thai Kedmanee keyboard layout, then press P without Shift.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
บ
HTML hex
บ
CSS content
content: "\0E1A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%B8%9A
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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.