Thai Tone Lookup

Enter any Thai word to discover its tone and learn the orthographic rules that determine it.

หมา

rising Tone
Initial
ห
Class
High-class
Tone Mark
None
Syllable
live
Tone Rule
High + Live (no mark) = Rising

High-class consonants in live syllables without a tone mark produce Rising tone. This is the default for high-class consonants.

What is a live syllable?

Live syllable (ends with a vowel or sonorant consonant like m, n, ng)

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