High class · อักษรสูง
ถ
ถุง bag
tɔ̌ɔ tǔng
- Class
- high
- Sound
- t / t
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Letter name
- tɔ̌ɔ tǔng
- At the start of a syllable
- “t”
- 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.
ถ
classic
books
ถ
handwritten
by hand
ถ
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
ถ is named after ถุง, tǔng, bag. At a shop you'll be asked whether you need a ถุง. Big Thai chains stopped giving out free plastic bags in 2020.