Thai Keyboard: key facts
- Script: Thai, used across Thailand.
- Writing direction: left to right.
- Layout: 45 keys, 45 base characters, 45 on Shift.
- Transliteration: 19 conversion rules built in.
- Variants: 2 (Kedmanee, Phonétique).
- Native name: แป้นพิมพ์ภาษาไทย; speech synthesis locale: th-TH.
Thai Keyboard in detail
Clavier thaï en ligne : écrivez ภาษาไทย avec la disposition Kedmanee et translittération courante. The Thai Keyboard (แป้นพิมพ์ภาษาไทย) covers the Thai script as used across Thailand. Text flows left to right in the editor, and every character below belongs to the authentic Thai repertoire — no transliterated approximations once you use the virtual keys.
The smart transliteration engine converts Latin keystrokes into Thai in real time using 19 hand-tuned rules: type the phonetic transcription and watch each syllable transform as you type.
The page ships 2 built-in variants — Kedmanee (Official Kedmanee layout.); Phonétique (Common words transliterated ('sawasdee' → 'สวัสดี').) — switchable without reloading. Your text never leaves the browser: copy it to any app, export it, listen to it with the th-TH speech voice, or send it to Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Translate, DuckDuckGo.
Every key on the Thai Keyboard
The layout holds 45 character keys: 45 distinct base characters, 45 Shift variants. The table below maps each physical position to the characters it produces, so you can learn the layout or verify coverage of a rare letter before you start typing.
| Position | Base | Shift | AltGr |
|---|
| Row 1, key 2 | ๆ | ๆ | — |
| Row 1, key 3 | ๅ | ฤ | — |
| Row 1, key 4 | / | ฅ | — |
| Row 1, key 5 | - | - | — |
| Row 1, key 6 | ภ | ภ | — |
| Row 1, key 7 | ถ | ถ | — |
| Row 1, key 8 | ุ | ุ | — |
| Row 1, key 9 | ึ | ึ | — |
| Row 1, key 10 | ค | ค | — |
| Row 1, key 11 | ต | ต | — |
| Row 1, key 12 | จ | จ | — |
| Row 1, key 13 | ข | ข | — |
| Row 1, key 14 | ช | ช | — |
| Row 2, key 2 | ไ | ไ | — |
| Row 2, key 3 | ำ | ำ | — |
| Row 2, key 4 | พ | พ | — |
| Row 2, key 5 | ะ | ะ | — |
| Row 2, key 6 | ั | ั | — |
| Row 2, key 7 | ี | ี | — |
| Row 2, key 8 | ร | ร | — |
| Row 2, key 9 | น | น | — |
| Row 2, key 10 | ย | ย | — |
| Row 2, key 11 | บ | บ | — |
| Row 2, key 12 | ล | ล | — |
| Row 3, key 2 | ฟ | ฟ | — |
| Row 3, key 3 | ห | ห | — |
| Row 3, key 4 | ก | ก | — |
| Row 3, key 5 | ด | ด | — |
| Row 3, key 6 | เ | เ | — |
| Row 3, key 7 | ้ | ้ | — |
| Row 3, key 8 | ่ | ่ | — |
| Row 3, key 9 | า | า | — |
| Row 3, key 10 | ส | ส | — |
| Row 3, key 11 | ว | ว | — |
| Row 3, key 12 | ง | ง | — |
| Row 4, key 2 | ผ | ผ | — |
| Row 4, key 3 | ป | ป | — |
| Row 4, key 4 | แ | แ | — |
| Row 4, key 5 | อ | อ | — |
| Row 4, key 6 | ิ | ิ | — |
| Row 4, key 7 | ื | ื | — |
| Row 4, key 8 | ท | ท | — |
| Row 4, key 9 | ม | ม | — |
| Row 4, key 10 | ใ | ใ | — |
| Row 4, key 11 | ฝ | ฝ | — |
Complete transliteration table
The quick table higher up this page shows an excerpt. Below is the complete engine: all 19 mappings, longest match wins, applied left to right. Try « sawasdee » → สวัสดี, « sawatdee » → สวัสดี, « sawaddi » → สวัสดี to feel how whole words collapse into script in a single gesture. Multi-character sequences always win over single letters, so digraphs and common words convert before their parts do.
| You type | You get |
|---|
| sawasdee | สวัสดี |
| sawatdee | สวัสดี |
| sawaddi | สวัสดี |
| khop khun | ขอบคุณ |
| khob khun | ขอบคุณ |
| krub | ครับ |
| kha | คะ |
| aroy | อร่อย |
| rak | รัก |
| ter | เธอ |
| thai | ไทย |
| sabai | สบาย |
| phi | พี่ |
| nong | น้อง |
| mai | ไม่ |
| chai | ใช่ |
| khao | ข้าว |
| phom | ผม |
| chan | ฉัน |
Getting the most out of this keyboard
Start with the Kedmanee variant if you are unsure: Official Kedmanee layout. You can switch variants mid-text without losing what you typed.
Thai runs left to right, so mixing it with in-line Latin terms, brand names or URLs just works: the editor keeps each run in its own direction without manual markers.
For pronunciation, press the speaker button: the th-TH voice reads exactly what is in the editor, which makes this page a practical dictation and shadowing tool. Export the text first if you want to rehearse offline.
Preferred typefaces here are Noto Sans Thai, Tahoma, Leelawadee (fallback Noto Sans Thai). If a character shows as a box on your device, switch fonts in the toolbar — complex-script shaping varies between systems, especially on older phones.
Common words to try first
New to Thai? These 16 conversions are the fastest way to trust the engine: type the left column exactly and confirm the right column appears. They cover greetings, frequent words and the trickiest letter combinations of the language.
| Type this | You get |
|---|
| sawasdee | สวัสดี |
| sawatdee | สวัสดี |
| sawaddi | สวัสดี |
| khop khun | ขอบคุณ |
| khob khun | ขอบคุณ |
| krub | ครับ |
| kha | คะ |
| aroy | อร่อย |
| rak | รัก |
| ter | เธอ |
| thai | ไทย |
| sabai | สบาย |
| phi | พี่ |
| nong | น้อง |
| mai | ไม่ |
| chai | ใช่ |
Dictionaries and resources for Thai Keyboard
Below the keyboard, the resource hub gathers 9 hand-picked links for Thai Keyboard: 3 monolingual dictionaries (including Lexilogos — dictionnaire, thai-language.com, Wiktionary (th)), 2 bilingual translators, 0 grammar and conjugation reference, 1 vocabulary and phrase guide, and 3 encyclopedias, newspapers and general resources. Type a word in the editor first and the links marked with an arrow receive it automatically — look up a definition, a conjugation or a translation without retyping.
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