ฤ — ro rue
«ro rue» is a vowel of the Thai script, read as “rue = r + vowel”. A consonant and a vowel in one sign, from Sanskrit; lives in words like rue du, "season". For example, in the word “ฤดู” — season. The Thai alphabet has 63 letters in total. It appears, for example, in the word “พูด ภาษา อังกฤษ ได้ ไหม?” — do you speak English?
In short
| Character | ฤ |
| Name | ro rue |
| Sound | rue = r + vowel |
| What it is | a vowel |
In our course the character comes 60th of 67: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are ำ and ฤๅ, appears in 15 words of this site.
How to type ฤ
- On a phone: add the Thai keyboard in the keyboard settings (Gboard on Android; Keyboards in the iPhone settings).
- In Word on Windows: type U+0E24 and press Alt+X right after it — the code turns into the character.
- On a Mac: switch to the Unicode Hex Input source, hold Option and type 0E24.
- Unicode code point: U+0E24. With it, the character can be found in the character map of any system.
How it sounds
A consonant and a vowel in one sign, from Sanskrit; lives in words like rue du, "season"
The character in a word
A lone character is hard to remember: memory holds on to meaning, and a letter has none. The word it stands in provides that anchor.
- ฤดูрюдуseason
The character in the “sanskrit vowels” group
ฤ ฤๅ ฦ ฦๅ — a consonant and a vowel packed into one sign. The first two live on in the words for "season" and "hermit". The last two only keep their place in the table, as on Thai school posters.
Words with this character
- พูด ภาษา อังกฤษ ได้ ไหม?пхуыт пхаса ангкрит дай май?do you speak English?
- ฤดู ใบ ไม้ ผลิрыдуу бай май пхалинspring
- ฤดู ร้อนрыдуу ронsummer (hot season)
- ฤดู ใบ ไม้ ร่วงрыдуу бай май руангautumn
- ฤดู หนาวрыдуу наауwinter (cool season)
- วัน พฤหัสван пхарыхатThursday
- ทฤษฎีтхритсадиtheory
- วิกฤตвикритcrisis
- พฤษภาคมпхрытсапхакхомMay
- พฤศจิกายนпхрытсаджикайонNovember
- ตอน ฤดู ใบ ไม้ ผลิтон рыдуу бай май пхалинin spring
- ตอน ฤดู ร้อนтон рыдуу ронin summer
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound (for «ro rue» it is “rue = r + vowel”, as in the word “ฤดู”), see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 63 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Thai character ฤ read?
As “rue = r + vowel” — it is a vowel of the Thai script. A consonant and a vowel in one sign, from Sanskrit; lives in words like rue du, "season". For example, in the word “ฤดู” — season.
What is the letter ฤ called?
Ro rue. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Thai script: it is called “ro rue” and reads as “rue = r + vowel”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.