High class · อักษรสูง
ห
หีบ chest
hɔ̌ɔ hìip
- Class
- high
- Sound
- h / —
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Letter name
- hɔ̌ɔ hìip
- At the start of a syllable
- “h”
- At the end of a syllable
- doesn't occur
- Class
- high (อักษรสูง)
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.
ห
classic
books
ห
handwritten
by hand
ห
modern
signs
Which tones it gives
A live syllable with no mark gets the rising tone, a dead one the low tone. Marks: ◌่ → low, ◌้ → falling.
Kai says
ห is named after หีบ, chest. An accordion is หีบเพลง: a chest of songs.
