Thai Letters

Let's now learn the Thai letters. Knowing these characters will allow you to read and write commonly used expressions and words with ease.

Thai Consonants

ก	[k] as in ko kai
ข	[kh] as in kho khai
ฃ	[kh] as in kho khuat
ค	[kh] as in kho khwai
ฅ	[kh] as in kho khon
ฆ	[kh] as in kho ra-khang
ง	[ng] as in ngo ngu
จ	[ch] as in cho chan
ฉ	[ch] as in cho ching
ช	[ch] as in cho chang
ซ	[s] as in so so
ฌ	[ch] as in cho choe
ญ	[y] as in yo ying
ฎ	[d] as in do cha-da
ฏ	[t] as in to pa-tak
ฐ	[th] as in tho than
ฑ	[th] as in tho montho
ฒ	[th] as in tho phu-thao
ณ	[n] as in no nen
ด	[d] as in do dek
ต	[t] as in to tao
ถ	[th] as in tho thung
ท	[th] as in tho thahan
ธ	[th] as in tho thong
น	[n] as in no nu
บ	[b] as in bo baimai
ป	[p] as in po pla
ผ	[ph] as in pho phueng
ฝ	[f] as in fo fa
พ	[ph] as in pho phan
ฟ	[f] as in fo fan
ภ	[ph] as in pho sam-phao
ม	[m] as in mo ma
ย	[y] as in yo yak
ร	[r] as in ro ruea
ล	[l] as in lo ling
ว	[w] as in wo waen
ศ	[s] as in so sala
ษ	[s] as in so rue-si
ส	[s] as in so suea
ห	[h] as in ho hip
ฬ	[l] as in lo chu-la
อ	[]* as in o ang
ฮ	[h] as in ho nok-huk

Thai Vowels

After looking into the consonanct, now let's look at the vowels in Thai.

–	[a] as in nut
– –	[o] as in boat
–รร	[an] as in tun
–รร–	[a] as in nut
–รรม	[am] as in hum
–ว–	[ua] as in newer
–วย	[uai] as in buoy
–อ	[o] as in saw
–็อ–	[o] as in not
–อย	[oi] as in boy
–ะ	[a] as in nut
–ั –	[a] as in nut
–ัย	[ai] as in hi
–ัว	[ua] as in newer
–ัวะ	[ua] as in sewer
–า	[a] as in father
–าย	[ai] as in bye
–าว	[ao] as in now
–ำ	[am] as in sum
–ิ	[i] as in greedy
–ิว	[io] as in new
–ี	[i] as in see
–ึ	[ue] as in hue
–ื	[ue] as in fur
–ุ	[u] as in look
–ู	[u] as in too
เ–	[e] as in lame
เ–็ –	[e] as in neck
เ–ะ	[e] as in neck
เ–ย	[oei] as in burn
เ–อ	[oe] as in burn
เ–อะ	[oe] as in the
เ–ิ –	[oe] as in the
เ–ว	[eo] as in rainbow
เ–า	[ao] as in cow
เ–าะ	[o] as in not
เ–ีย	[ia] as in ear
เ–ียะ	[ia] as in ear
เ–ียว	[iao] as in trio
เ–ือ	[uea] as in pure
เ–ือะ	[uea] as in pure
แ–	[ae] as in ham
แ–ะ	[ae] as in at
แ–็ –	[ae] as in at
แ–ว	[aeo] as in
โ–	[o] as in go
โ–ะ	[o] as in poke
ใ–	[ai] as in I
ไ–	[ai] as in I
ฤ	[rue] as in Krishna
ฤๅ	[rue] as in
ฦ	[lue] as in leak

The above letters in Thai should allow you to read and write the following pages with much ease: popular phrases in Thai, Thai homepage, or Thai Grammar. Thai quiz and flashcard can also be found on our homepage.

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