Middle class · อักษรกลาง
ก
ไก่ chicken
gɔɔ gài
- Class
- middle
- Sound
- g / k
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Letter name
- gɔɔ gài
- At the start of a syllable
- “g”
- At the end of a syllable
- “k”
- 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.
ก
classic
books
ก
handwritten
by hand
ก
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
That's me! ก is the first letter of the alphabet, and my name comes from ไก่, chicken. Thai kids learn the alphabet with a song that starts “ก เอ๋ย ก ไก่”, so everyone starts with me.