Please see the illustration above to learn how to write the Thai letter Bo Baimai (บ).

Letter type:

Consonant

Consonant tone class:

Each Thai consonant belongs to a tone class - low, mid, or high - which helps determine the tone of syllables it starts.

Mid

Spoken pronunciation:

bo baimai 

Named after:

Each Thai consonant's name is acrophonic - it comes from a word starting with the same sound, in this case “ใบไม้” meaning “leaf”.

ใบไม้ (leaf) 

Related characters:

• Kho Khai (ข)