Thai keyboard online
Type Thai on any computer or phone. Click or tap the keys, or type on your own keyboard: each key gives the Thai character printed in its place on a Thai keyboard, so D types ก and K types า. Copy what you write into any app.
Layout: Kedmanee (TIS 820-2538)
Shift on the screen applies to the next key. Combining vowels and tone marks are shown on a dotted circle; type them after the consonant they belong to.
The on-screen keyboard needs JavaScript. The charts below show every key of each layout, and the guide to Thai keyboard layouts explains how to add Thai to your own computer or phone.
The layouts, key by key
Each key shows the character it types on its own, in large type at the bottom, the one it types with Shift at the top right, and the English key it sits on at the top left. The charts are drawn from the same key table the keyboard above types with.
How to use it
- Click or tap a key to add its character where the cursor is. Shift on the screen gives the top-right character of the next key you press.
- Type on your own keyboard. With “Type with my own keyboard” ticked, every key types the Thai character in its position, whatever layout your computer uses, and holding Shift gives the upper characters. Untick it if your computer already has a Thai keyboard switched on, or to type English into the box. On a phone the box is clear of the phone’s own keyboard while it is unticked.
- Type in the order Thai is stored: the consonant, then a vowel written above or below it, then the tone mark, then a vowel written after it. A vowel written before the consonant (เ แ โ ใ ไ) comes first, as it looks. The typing guide covers the mistakes this order prevents.
- Copy text puts everything in the box on your clipboard; paste it anywhere. The font and size are only for reading here.
Which Kedmanee?
Kedmanee is the layout of almost every Thai keyboard. It began on typewriters in the early 1930s and became the Thai Industrial Standard for computer keyboards as TIS 820-2531 in 1988. The 1995 revision, TIS 820-2538, differs from the arrangement Windows still installs on four keys: it puts the rare signs ๏ fong man and ๛ khomut on the key left of 1 and ◌๎ yamakkan on Shift + 7, moves the baht sign ฿ to the 1 key with lakkhangyao ๅ on Shift + 1, and swaps ฃ and ฅ on the backslash key. Most keycaps you can buy follow Windows, so the keyboard here offers both arrangements. Every other key is the same.
Pattachote, from 1965, rearranges the keys so the hands share the work more evenly; it is faster in tests but has never caught on. The layouts guide tells the story and has the steps to add either layout on your own devices.
What the address keeps
The page address keeps the layout and the font you pick, so a link opens the keyboard the same way. It never holds the text you type, so sharing the link does not share your words.
Questions people ask
Is this the layout on a real Thai keyboard?
Yes. Kedmanee is the layout printed on almost every Thai keyboard and the default Thai layout on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. The Thai standard, TIS 820-2538, moved four keys in 1995; Windows and most keycaps still have them in their older places, so the keyboard offers both. Pattachote is the alternative layout from 1965, which few people use.
Where are ฿, ฃ and ฅ?
On the TIS 820-2538 layout, ฿ is on the 1 key and ฃ and ฅ share the backslash key (ฅ on its own, ฃ with Shift). On the Windows arrangement, ฿ is Shift + 7 and the backslash key gives ฃ on its own and ฅ with Shift. Pattachote has no key for ฃ and ฅ at all.
In what order do I type a tone mark?
Type a syllable the way it is stored: the consonant first, then any vowel sign written above or below it, then the tone mark, then any vowel that follows. So ก้า is ก, then ◌้, then า, and กี่ is ก, then ◌ี, then ◌่. A vowel written before the consonant (เ แ โ ใ ไ) is typed first, as you see it: เก is เ then ก.
Can I type Thai with an English keyboard?
Yes. On this page, every key of your keyboard types the Thai character in the same position on a Thai keyboard, so D gives ก and K gives า. To type Thai in any app, add the Thai layout to your system; the layouts guide has the steps for Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, ChromeOS and Linux. Stickers or dual-language keycaps help while you learn the positions.
Why does the text look different when I paste it?
You copy the characters, not the font. The app you paste into shows them in its own Thai font. If you need a particular look, download the font from its page here and choose it in your app.
Learning where the letters are?
The alphabet pages show the key for every consonant, and the layouts guide explains how to add Thai to your own computer or phone.