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น no nu

น (no nu) is a low-class consonant named after หนู, “mouse”. At the start of a syllable it is /n/, written n in RTGS; at the end of one it is /n/ (n).

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นน หนูno nu · mouse
Thai name
น หนู · no nu
Name word
หนู, mouse
Class
Low class
At the start of a syllable
/n/ · RTGS n
At the end of a syllable
/n/ · RTGS n
Unicode
U+0E19 · THAI CHARACTER NO NU
In HTML
น or น
Kedmanee key
O
Pattachote key
K

How it sounds

The everyday n. Its name word หนู begins with a silent ห that changes the tone; see the high-class letter ห.

One other letter has the same sound at the start of a syllable: ณ no nen (low).

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 น and the vowel า
SpellingSyllableTone
No mark, live syllable (long vowel)นาMid
No mark, dead syllable, short vowelนะHigh
No mark, dead syllable, long vowelนากFalling
Mai ekน่าFalling
Mai thoน้าHigh
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 น

ThaiRTGSMeaning
น้ำnamwater
นอนnonto sleep, to lie down
นี่nithis
หนังสือnangsuebook
ขนมkhanomsnack, sweet

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

น 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.