Middle class · อักษรกลาง
ด
เด็ก child
dɔɔ dèk
- 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 dèk
- 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.
ด
classic
books
ด
handwritten
by hand
ด
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
ด is named after เด็ก, dèk, child. Thai has only two voiced stop sounds, b and d, and ด is the usual way to write d.