เหมือน กัน
“เหมือน กัน” (мыан кан) — the same; identical in Thai. Adjective, level A1. Muean you know as "similar" — with kan, "each other", the likeness becomes complete: identical. About two things and about people. In a live sentence: “เสื้อ สอง ตัว เหมือน กัน” — The two shirts are identical. Written with the characters เ, ห, ม, ื, อ, น, ก, น. A word from the everyday Thai course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Thai | เหมือน กัน |
| Read in Latin letters | мыан кан |
| Translation | the same; identical |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Muean you know as "similar" — with kan, "each other", the likeness becomes complete: identical. About two things and about people
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.
- เสื้อ สอง ตัว เหมือน กันсыа сонг туа мыан канThe two shirts are identical
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 “the same; identical” in Thai?
«เหมือน กัน», read “мыан кан”. In a live sentence: “เสื้อ สอง ตัว เหมือน กัน” — The two shirts are identical. Adjective, level A1; written with the characters เ, ห, ม, ื, อ, น, ก, น.
How is “เหมือน กัน” written in Latin letters?
мыан кан. 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?
Muean you know as "similar" — with kan, "each other", the likeness becomes complete: identical. About two things and about people. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.