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Low class consonant · letter 33 of 44

ม mo ma

ม (mo ma) is a low-class consonant named after ม้า, “horse”. At the start of a syllable it is /m/, written m in RTGS; at the end of one it is /m/ (m).

See it in 61 fontsAll 44 consonants
มม ม้าmo ma · horse
Thai name
ม ม้า · mo ma
Name word
ม้า, horse
Class
Low class
At the start of a syllable
/m/ · RTGS m
At the end of a syllable
/m/ · RTGS m
Unicode
U+0E21 · THAI CHARACTER MO MA
In HTML
ม or ม
Kedmanee key
,
Pattachote key
I

How it sounds

The m of English, at either end of a syllable.

Easy to mistake for ฆ kho rakhang: 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 ม and the vowel า
SpellingSyllableTone
No mark, live syllable (long vowel)มาMid
No mark, dead syllable, short vowelมะHigh
No mark, dead syllable, long vowelมากFalling
Mai ekม่าFalling
Mai thoม้าHigh
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 ม

ThaiRTGSMeaning
แม่maemother
มาmato come
ไม่mainot
เมืองmueangtown, city
ชามchambowl

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

ม 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.