Thai consonant 35 of 44
ร – Ro Ruea (raw ruea): the Thai letter R
- Class
- Low class
- Start sound
- r
- End sound
- n
- Keyword
- boat
ร รอ เรือ raw ruea
In short
ร (รอ เรือraw ruea) is the 35th letter of the Thai alphabet and a low-class consonant. At the start of a syllable it sounds like r, and at the end of a syllable like n. Its name means "ร as in เรือ, boat".
How to say ร
a tapped r (often said like l in casual speech)
The keyword เรือruea means boat. Say the letter as รอ เรือraw ruea.
Thai words with ร
Tap the speaker to hear each word. Can you spot ร in each one?
- ร้อน ráwn
hot
- รู้ rúu
to know
- ร้อย ráwy
hundred
- รับ ráp
to receive, to take; 'would you like…' (staff)
- รถ rót
car; vehicle
- รถติด rót dtìt
traffic jam; the traffic is bad
- รถไฟฟ้า rót-fai-fáa
skytrain, metro (BTS/MRT)
- ระวัง rá-wang
to be careful, to watch out
- ร้าน ráan
shop, stall, restaurant
- ร้านขายยา ráan-kǎai-yaa
pharmacy
Don't mix it up with
Letters that look similar. Compare the loops, tails and notches.
- รอ เรือ raw ruea
Tones with low-class letters
ร 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