Low class · อักษรต่ำ
ภ
สำเภา junk (sailing ship)
pɔɔ sǎm-pao
- Class
- low
- Sound
- p / p
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Letter name
- pɔɔ sǎm-pao
- At the start of a syllable
- “p”
- At the end of a syllable
- “p”
- 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.
ภ
classic
books
ภ
handwritten
by hand
ภ
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
ภ is named after สำเภา, sǎm-pao, a junk: the Chinese sailing ship that traded with Siam.