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ช cho chang

ช (cho chang) is a low-class consonant named after ช้าง, “elephant”. At the start of a syllable it is /tɕʰ/, written ch in RTGS; at the end of one it is /t̚/ (t).

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ชช ช้างcho chang · elephant
Thai name
ช ช้าง · cho chang
Name word
ช้าง, elephant
Class
Low class
At the start of a syllable
/tɕʰ/ · RTGS ch
At the end of a syllable
/t̚/ · RTGS t
Unicode
U+0E0A · THAI CHARACTER CHO CHANG
In HTML
ช or ช
Kedmanee key
=
Pattachote key
Shift + K

How it sounds

The common letter for the aspirated ch in low-class words; ฉ is its high-class partner.

2 other letters have the same sound at the start of a syllable: ฉ cho ching (high), ฌ cho choe (low).

Easy to mistake for ข kho khai and ซ so so: compare them at a large size in the grid below.

Class and tone

With no mark, a low-class letter gives the mid tone in a live syllable; in a dead one the tone is high when the vowel is short and falling when it is long. Mai ek gives falling and mai tho high.

Syllables with ช and the vowel า
SpellingSyllableTone
No mark, live syllable (long vowel)ชาMid
No mark, dead syllable, short vowelชะHigh
No mark, dead syllable, long vowelชากFalling
Mai ekช่าFalling
Mai thoช้าHigh
Mai tri–not used with this class
Mai chattawa–not used with this class

The syllables show the rule, not words to learn. The tone rules explain live and dead syllables.

Words with ช

ThaiRTGSMeaning
ชอบchopto like
ชื่อchuename
ชาchatea
ช่วยchuaito help
ชีวิตchiwitlife

RTGS shows neither tone nor vowel length; type a word into the font tester to see it in every font.

ช in every font

The letter in each of the 61 families you can download here, in its regular style. Looped faces start the stroke from a small circle; loopless ones leave it out. Each card opens the family’s page.