Tone Markers & Other Symbols

Question 1

-‘

Answer 1

ไม้เอก (Low-tone Marker)

Question 2

-้

Answer 2

ไม้โท (Falling-tone Marker)

Question 3

-๊

Answer 3

ไม้ตรี (High-tone Marker)

Question 4

-๋

Answer 4

ไม้จัตวา (Rising-tone Marker)

Question 5

ๆ

Answer 5

ไม้ยมก (Thai repetition character, repeat previous word)

Question 6

ฯลฯ

Answer 6

ไปยาลใหญ่ (Et Cetera)

Question 7

๚

Answer 7

อังคั่นคู่ (marks end of stanza; marks end of chapter[7] or long section)

Question 8

อ์

Answer 8

ไม้ทัณฑฆาต (Silences the letter it’s placed above)

Question 9

ฯ

Answer 9

ไปยาลน้อย (The Abbreviation Character, marks formal phrase shortened by convention)

Question 10

๏

Answer 10

ฟองมัน (previously marked beginning of a sentence, paragraph, or stanza (obsolete); now only marks beginning of a stanza in a poem; now also used as bullet point)

Question 11

๛

Answer 11

โคมูตร (marks end of a chapter or document;[8] marks end of a story[7])

Question 12

Which “ห_” clusters does the ห turn silient & the L.C.C. adhere to the H.C.C. tone rules?

There are 8 clusters

Answer 12

“หง_” “หน_” “หม_” “หญ_” “หย_” “หร_” “หล_” or “หว_”

Question 13

◌็

Answer 13

ไม้ไต่คู้

shortens vowel

Question 14

ฯะ, ๚ะ

Answer 14

อังคั่นวิสรรชนีย์ (marks end of a stanza in a poem)

Question 15

๚ะ๛

Answer 15

อังคั่นวิสรรชนีย์โคมูตร (marks the very end of a written work)

Question 16

฿

Answer 16

บาท (baht (the currency of Thailand)