Please see the illustration above to learn how to write the Thai letter So Suea (ส). It's the 40th letter of the Thai alphabet. Commonly used in everyday words, e.g., “เสือ” (tiger).

Writing tips:
Start at the bottom left. Draw a small clockwise loop inward, then a medium hump to the bottom right. Continue with a large hump curving back toward the top left. Finally, draw a diagonal stroke starting from inside the top-right corner and extending outward.

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.

High

Spoken pronunciation:

so suea 

Named after:

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

เสือ (tiger) 

Related characters:

• Lo Ling (ล)
• So So (ซ)