High class · อักษรสูง
ส
เสือ tiger
sɔ̌ɔ sʉ̌a
- Class
- high
- Sound
- s / t
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Letter name
- sɔ̌ɔ sʉ̌a
- At the start of a syllable
- “s”
- At the end of a syllable
- “t”
- Class
- high (อักษรสูง)
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.
ส
classic
books
ส
handwritten
by hand
ส
modern
signs
Which tones it gives
A live syllable with no mark gets the rising tone, a dead one the low tone. Marks: ◌่ → low, ◌้ → falling.
Kai says
ส is named after เสือ, tiger. Thai has four letters for s, and this is the busiest: most native Thai words with an s use it.