Thai consonant 3 of 44
ฃ – Kho Khuat (kǎw kùat): an obsolete Thai letter
- Class
- High class
- Start sound
- k
- End sound
- not used
- Keyword
- bottle
ฃ ฃอ ขวด kǎw kùat
In short
ฃ (ฃอ ขวดkǎw kùat) is the 3rd letter of the Thai alphabet and a high-class consonant. It is no longer used in modern Thai; you'll only meet it in the alphabet. Its name means "ฃ as in ขวด, bottle".
How to say ฃ
k; no longer used
The keyword ขวดkùat means bottle. Say the letter as ฃอ ขวดkǎw kùat.
Same "k" sound, different letter: ข Kho Khai, ค Kho Khwai, ฅ Kho Khon, 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.
- ฃอ ขวด kǎw kùat
Tones with high-class letters
ฃ is one of the 11 high-class consonants. With no tone mark:
- Live syllableRising tone
- Dead syllableLow tone
Two tone marks: ◌่ low, ◌้ falling.
The full tone rules chart