Low class · อักษรต่ำ
ย
ยักษ์ giant
yɔɔ yák
- Class
- low
- Sound
- y / i
- Correct answers
- —
Answers in practice
This letter hasn't come up in practice yet.
How it reads
- Letter name
- yɔɔ yák
- At the start of a syllable
- “y”
- At the end of a syllable
- “i”
- 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.
ย
classic
books
ย
handwritten
by hand
ย
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
ย is named after ยักษ์, giant. Huge fanged giants stand guard at the gates of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok.