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ฆ

ระฆัง bell

kɔɔ rá-kang

Class
low
Sound
k / k
Correct answers
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Answers in practice

This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.

How it reads

Letter name
kɔɔ rá-kang
At the start of a syllable
“k”
At the end of a syllable
“k”

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.

ฆ

classic

books

ฆ

handwritten

by hand

ฆ

modern

signs

Which tones it gives

A live syllable with no mark gets the mid tone. A dead one gets the high tone with a short vowel and the falling tone with a long one. Marks: ◌่ → falling, ◌้ → high.

Kai says

ฆ is named after ระฆัง, rá-kang, bell. The letter came in with Sanskrit and Pali and lives mostly in borrowed words.

Words with this letter