Middle class · อักษรกลาง
ฎ
ชฎา headdress
dɔɔ chá-daa
- Class
- middle
- Sound
- d / t
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Letter name
- dɔɔ chá-daa
- At the start of a syllable
- “d”
- At the end of a syllable
- “t”
- Class
- middle (อักษรกลาง)
How it looks in different fonts
In a book, a notebook or on a sign this character can look different. The classic style has a loop (หัว) where you start writing. Sign fonts often drop it, and handwriting makes the lines smoother. You can choose the app's font in settings.
ฎ
classic
books
ฎ
handwritten
by hand
ฎ
modern
signs
Which tones it gives
A live syllable with no mark gets the mid tone, a dead one the low tone. Marks: ◌่ → low, ◌้ → falling, ◌๊ → high, ◌๋ → rising.
Kai says
ฎ is named after ชฎา, chá-daa, a tall pointed headdress. Dancers wear it in khon, the classical Thai masked dance drama.