Low class · อักษรต่ำ
ง
งู snake
ngɔɔ nguu
- Class
- low
- Sound
- ng / ng
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Letter name
- ngɔɔ nguu
- At the start of a syllable
- “ng”
- At the end of a syllable
- “ng”
- Class
- low (อักษรต่ำ)
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.
ง
classic
books
ง
handwritten
by hand
ง
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
ง is named after งู, nguu, snake. It's the sound at the end of English sing, but English never starts a word with it. Thai does it all the time: งาน, ngaan, work.