ขน
kǒnMeanings
1NounA2
hair; fur (body hair of people/animals)
short hair covering the body of a person or animal; body hair or fur
Examples
สุนัขsù-nákสุนัขsù-nákdog (formal)ตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)3character; figureนี้níiนี้níi1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)มีขนmii-kǒnมีขนmii-kǒn1hairy; furry2[to] have hair/fur/feathers/bristlesนุ่มnûmนุ่มnûm1soft (to the touch)2tender (food)3soft/gentle (voice/tone)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerous
This dog has very soft fur.
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In winter, my cat grows thicker fur.
I'm allergic to animal fur, so I keep sneezing.
นักว่ายน้ำnák-wâai-náamบางคนbaang-konโกนgoonขนkǒnแขนขาkɛ̌ɛn-kǎaเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaลดlótแรงเสียดทานrɛɛng-sìiat-taanในnaiน้ำnáam
Some swimmers shave body hair to reduce drag in the water.
2VerbB1
[to] transport; haul; carry (goods)
to move goods or large amounts of things from one place to another
Examples
พรุ่งนี้prûng-níiพรุ่งนี้prûng-níi1tomorrow (the day after today)2tomorrow; on the day after todayเขาkǎoเขาkǎo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3will; would (in conditional results)ขนkǒnขนkǒn1hair; fur (body hair of people/animals)2[to] transport; haul; carry (goods)ของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsย้ายบ้านyáai-bâanย้ายบ้านyáai-bâan[to] move house; move homeตั้งแต่dtâng-dtɛ̀ɛตั้งแต่dtâng-dtɛ̀ɛfrom; since (starting point)เช้าcháoเช้าcháo1morning2morning; early-morning3in the morning
Tomorrow he will haul the stuff to move house early in the morning.
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เราraoเช่าchâoรถบรรทุกrót-ban-túkมาmaaขนkǒnเฟอร์นิเจอร์fəə-ní-jə̂əจากjàakโกดังgoo-dangไปที่bpai-tîiร้านráan
We rented a truck to transport the furniture from the warehouse to the shop.
เจ้าหน้าที่jâao-nâa-tîiกำลังgam-langขนkǒnเวชภัณฑ์wee-chá-panไปยังbpai-yangโรงroongพยาบาลชุมชนpá-yaa-baan-chum-chonหลายแห่งlǎai-hɛ̀ng
Officials are transporting medical supplies to several community hospitals.
บริษัทbɔɔ-rí-sàtใช้cháiคอนเทนเนอร์kɔɔn-teen-nə̂əเย็นyenขนkǒnอาหารทะเลaa-hǎan-tá-leeข้ามจังหวัดkâam-jang-wàtเพื่อpʉ̂ʉaรักษาrák-sǎaคุณภาพkun-ná-pâapสินค้าsǐn-káa
The company uses refrigerated containers to transport seafood across provinces to maintain product quality.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classHigh class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
High class consonants
ขฃฉฐถผฝศษสห
Result
Rising tone
kǒn
Dips low first, then rises clearly.
High class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Rising
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |