Thai Script อักษรไทย
How Thai characters combine to form words — vowel positions, tone marks, clusters, and silent letters.
●Consonant●Vowel●Tone mark●Cluster●Silent●Special
กา
gaacrow
กinitial consonant
+
าvowel after (sara aa)
เก
gehskilled / naughty
เvowel before (sara e)
+
กconsonant
💡 Written before but pronounced after the consonant
กิ
gi(short i sound)
กconsonant
+
ิvowel above (sara i)
กุ
gu(short u sound)
กconsonant
+
ุvowel below (sara u)
เกา
gaoto scratch
เvowel wraps: before...
+
กconsonant
+
า...and after
💡 เ-า wraps around the consonant to form the 'ao' sound