ใ◌
Vowel
ใ◌
ใ◌
“ai”
short, mai muan
- Type
- vowel
- Sound
- ai
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Shape
- ใ◌
- Sound
- “ai”, short
- Name
- sara ai (mai muan) · สระใอ (ไม้ม้วน)
- Example
- ใหม่ mài — new
With this vowel the syllable counts as “live”, even though the vowel is short. What that means
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.
ใ◌
classic
books
ใ◌
handwritten
by hand
ใ◌
modern
signs
Kai says
ใ◌, mai muan, is used in only twenty words. Thai schoolchildren learn them by heart with a rhyme.