ฅน
See also: ฅีน
Thai
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ฅน ɣ n | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | คน g n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kon |
| Royal Institute | khon | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰon˧/(R) | |
| Homophones | คน คนธ์ คล | |
Noun
ฅน • (kon)
- (neologism) alternative spelling of คน (kon)
Usage notes
Historically, คน was never written as ฅน (written with the now-obsolete letter ฅ).
The variation stemmed from the corruption of the name of the letter ฅ: it used to be called ฅ ฅอคน (kɔɔ kɔɔ-kon, “neck of a person”), but that has gradually been corrupted to become the current name ฅ คน (kɔɔ kon, “person”), resulting in the use of ฅน to represent คน.
Nowadays, ฅน is occasionally used in book, movie, or TV program titles and such usage is considered a neologism.