Editing Thai script (section)

===Diacritics===
Other diacritics are used to indicate short vowels and silent letters:
*{{Transliteration|th|Mai taikhu}} means "climbing stick". It is a miniature Thai numeral 8 '''๘'''. {{Transliteration|th|Mai taikhu}} is often used with ''sara e'' (เ) and ''sara ae'' (แ) in closed syllables.
*''Thanthakhat'' is an archaic word for "capital punishment"
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! rowspan="2" | Symbol
! colspan="2" | Name
! rowspan="2" | Meaning
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! Thai || [[Royal Thai General System of Transcription|RTGS]]
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| &nbsp;<big><big>◌็</big></big> || ไม้ไต่คู้ || {{Transliteration|th|mai tai khu}} || shortens vowel
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| &nbsp;<big><big>◌์</big></big> || ทัณฑฆาต or การันต์|| ''thanthakhat'' or ''karan'' || indicates silent letter
|}

''Fan nu'' means "rat teeth" and is thought as being placed in combination with short ''sara i'' and ''fong man'' to form other characters.

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|-valign="top"
! rowspan="2" | Symbol
! colspan="2" | Name
! rowspan="2" | Use
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! Thai || [[Royal Thai General System of Transcription|RTGS]]
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| rowspan="2"| &nbsp;<big><big>"</big></big> || rowspan="2"|  ฟันหนู || rowspan="2"|  ''fan nu'' ||  combined with short ''sara i'' (<big><big>◌ิ</big></big>) to make long ''sara ue'' (<big><big>◌ื</big></big>)
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| combined with ''fong man'' (๏) to make ''fong man fan nu'' (๏<span style="position:relative;right:1ex;bottom:.5ex;">"</span>)
|}