จด หมาย เหตุ
“จด หมาย เหตุ” (джот маай хет) — chronicle; journal (diary) in Thai. Noun, level B1. Literally "written notes": the writing and the note-taking are both known to you. So are named both a newspaper chronicle and a daily planner. In a live sentence: “ใน จด หมาย เหตุ มี ชื่อ คน เมือง เก่า” — In the chronicle there are names of people of the old city. Written with the characters จ, ด, ห, ม, า, ย, เ, ห, ต, ุ.
In short
| Written in Thai | จด หมาย เหตุ |
| Read in Latin letters | джот маай хет |
| Translation | chronicle; journal (diary) |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "written notes": the writing and the note-taking are both known to you. So are named both a newspaper chronicle and a daily planner
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ใน จด หมาย เหตุ มี ชื่อ คน เมือง เก่าнаи джот маай хет ми чыэ кхон мыанг гаоIn the chronicle there are names of people of the old city
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “chronicle; journal (diary)” in Thai?
«จด หมาย เหตุ», read “джот маай хет”. In a live sentence: “ใน จด หมาย เหตุ มี ชื่อ คน เมือง เก่า” — In the chronicle there are names of people of the old city. Noun, level B1; written with the characters จ, ด, ห, ม, า, ย, เ, ห, ต, ุ.
How is “จด หมาย เหตุ” written in Latin letters?
джот маай хет. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "written notes": the writing and the note-taking are both known to you. So are named both a newspaper chronicle and a daily planner. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.