Thai consonant 5 of 44
ฅ – Kho Khon (kaw kon): an obsolete Thai letter
- Class
- Low class
- Start sound
- k
- End sound
- not used
- Keyword
- person
ฅ ฅอ คน kaw kon
In short
ฅ (ฅอ คนkaw kon) is the 5th letter of the Thai alphabet and a low-class consonant. It is no longer used in modern Thai; you'll only meet it in the alphabet. Its name means "ฅ as in คน, person".
How to say ฅ
k; no longer used
The keyword คนkon means person. Say the letter as ฅอ คนkaw kon.
Same "k" sound, different letter: ข Kho Khai, ฃ Kho Khuat, ค Kho Khwai, ฆ Kho Rakhang. The class is what tells them apart.
Don't mix it up with
Letters that look similar. Compare the loops, tails and notches.
- ฅอ คน kaw kon
Tones with low-class letters
ฅ is one of the 24 low-class consonants. With no tone mark:
- Live syllableMid tone
- Dead syllableHigh (short vowel) or falling (long vowel) tone
Two tone marks: ◌่ falling, ◌้ high.
The full tone rules chart