Low class · อักษรต่ำ
ฑ
มณโฑ Montho (name)
tɔɔ mon-too
- Class
- low
- Sound
- t / t
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Letter name
- tɔɔ mon-too
- At the start of a syllable
- “t”
- At the end of a syllable
- “t”
- 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.
ฑ
classic
books
ฑ
handwritten
by hand
ฑ
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
ฑ is named after มณโฑ, Montho. In the Ramakien, the Thai version of the Ramayana, she's the wife of the demon king Thotsakan.
