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chɔɔMeaning
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12th Thai consonant
the twelfth consonant of the Thai alphabet
Examples
ฌchɔɔฌchɔɔ12th Thai consonantคือkʉʉคือkʉʉ1to be (definition/identification)2namely; that is; i.e.พยัญชนะpá-yan-chá-náพยัญชนะpá-yan-chá-náconsonant (sound or letter)ตัวdtuuaตัวdtuua1body; self; person (colloq.)2classifier: animals, garments, furniture, certain items; people (informal)3character; figureที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerสิบสองsìp-sɔ̌ɔngสิบสองsìp-sɔ̌ɔngtwelve (12)ของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsภาษาไทยpaa-sǎa-taiภาษาไทยpaa-sǎa-tai1Thai language2Thai-language; in Thai3Thai (school subject)
Cho Choe is the twelfth consonant of the Thai alphabet.
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The children are practicing writing the letter Cho Choe.
พจนานุกรมpót-jà-naa-nú-gromมีmiiคำศัพท์kam-sàpที่tîiขึ้นต้นkʉ̂n-dtônด้วยdûuaiตัวdtuuaฌchɔɔน้อยมากnɔ́ɔi-mâak
The dictionary has very few words that start with the letter Cho Choe.
The teacher said that Cho is called Cho Choe, which means a tree.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ฌ said ชอ?
chɔɔ
- Hidden vowelฌ has no written vowel, so it takes a short “o” (อ).Same-sounding letterฌ sounds just like ช, so the reading uses ช.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableA long vowel with no final consonant, so it is live.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
Mid tone
chɔɔ
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Low class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
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 | — | — |