Tamil Alphabets Chart
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arrive, cut அ
a |
pot, art ஆ
aa
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pin, fill இ i |
feel, feet ஈ
ii
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pull, put
உ u |
moon, pool ஊ
uu
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end, emit எ e |
ape, ace ஏ
ae
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item, idea ஐ ai |
omit, opinion ஒ o |
show, coal ஓ
oa
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now, how ஔ
ow
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stomach ஃ q |
cup, wecome க
ka
| cot, calm கா
kaa
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skip, skid கி
ki
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keep, keen கீ
kii
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cuckoo, good கு
ku
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cool, goof கூ
kuu
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kettle, pocket கெ
ke
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cable, care கே
kae
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kite கை
kai
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korea கொ
ko
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coke, coal கோ
koa
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cow, count கௌ
kow
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click, brick க்
k
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ங nGa
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ஙா nGaa
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ஙி nGi
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ஙீ nGii
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ஙு nGu
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ஙூ nGuu
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ஙெ nGe
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ஙே nGae
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ஙை nGai
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ஙொ nGo
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ஙோ nGoa
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ஙௌ nGow
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sing, bring ங்
nG
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chubby, chuckle ச
sa
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chance, charge சா
saa
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chicken, chilly சி
si
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cheese, cheap சீ sii
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sugar, supreme சு
su
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choose, soon சூ
suu
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check, sell செ
se
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chamber, channel சே sae
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child, china சை
sai
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solace, solution சொ
so
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choke, soap சோ
soa
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sound சௌ
sow
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much, which ச்
s
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ஞ Gna
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ஞா Gnaa
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ஞி Gni
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ஞீ Gnii
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ஞு Gnu
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ஞூ Gnuu
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ஞெ Gne
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ஞே Gnae
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ஞை Gnai
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ஞொ Gno
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ஞோ Gnoa
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ஞௌ Gnow
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ginger, brinjal ஞ்
Gn
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tub, button ட
ta
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tall டா
taa
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still, tips டி
ti
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teeth, steep டீ
tii
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today, tomorrow டு
tu
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stool, tour டூ
tuu
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attend, tell டெ
te
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tale, tape டே
tae
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tie, tiger டை
tai
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tomatoes, Toyota டொ
to
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toe, tocken டோ
toa
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town, dove டௌ
tow
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cut, put ட்
t
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ண Na |
ணா Naa
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ணி Ni |
ணீ Nii
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ணு Nu |
ணூ Nuu
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ணெ Ne |
ணே Nae
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ணை Nai |
ணொ No |
ணோ Noa
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ணௌ Now
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round, front ண்
N
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author, mother த
tha
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thought, thaw தா
thaa
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thickness, this தி
thi
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thief தீ thii
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, , , து
thu
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enthusiasm தூ
thuu
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then, therapy தெ
the
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thanks, there தே
thae
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thigh, thyroid தை
thai
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thoreau தொ
tho
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those தோ
thoa
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thousand தௌ
thow
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three, birth த்
th
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nut, null ந nha
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north, not நா
nhaa
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nill, nipple நி
nhi
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needle நீ nhii
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menu நு
nhu
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noon, noodle நூ nhuu
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neck, next, நெ
nhe
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nation, name நே
nhae
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nice, night நை
nhai
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, , , நொ
nho
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note, nose நோ
nhoa
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now, noun நௌ
nhow
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month, enthusiasm ந்
nh
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punch, power ப
pa
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pass, park பா
paa
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pill, pick பி
pi
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peel, peace பீ
pii
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pull, push பு
pu
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pool பூ
puu |
pet, pen, பெ
pe |
paper, pay பே
pae |
pipe பை
pai |
possess பொ
po |
police, port போ
poa |
powder பௌ
pow |
shop, cup ப்
p |
mummy, much ம ma |
mall, march மா
maa |
milk, mint மி mi |
meeting, meal, மீ
mii |
muslims மு mu |
moon மூ
muu |
mend மெ me |
may, male மே
mae |
my, mine மை mai |
moraceous மொ mo |
more, mole மோ
moa |
mouse, mouth மௌ
mow |
mum, poom ம் m |
young ய ya |
yacht, yard யா
yaa |
paying, playing யி yi |
yield, employee யீ
yii |
uranium, yup யு yu |
you, youth யூ
yuu |
yes, yellow யெ ye |
create யே
yae |
aid யை yai |
யொ yo |
yoga யோ
yoa |
, , , யௌ
yow |
toy, boy ய் y |
run, rubber ர ra |
robber, rod ரா
raa |
ribbon, river ரி ri |
read, reap ரீ
rii |
rupee ரு ru |
room, root ரூ
ruu |
rent, rest ரெ re |
ray, race ரே
rae |
rice, right ரை rai |
romantic ரொ ro |
road, roar ரோ
roa |
browser ரௌ
row |
tiger, river ர் r |
love, luck ல la |
lock, law லா
laa |
lid, litttle லி li |
leader, lean லீ
lii |
look லு lu |
loom, loop லூ
luu |
letter, let லெ le |
lay, layman, late லே
lae |
lie, lion லை lai |
location லொ lo |
low, load லோ
loa |
loud லௌ
low |
travel, fuel ல் l |
vacation வ va |
wall, watch வா
vaa |
victory, will வி
vi |
reveal வீ
vii |
wood, wolf வு
vu |
woo வூ
vuu |
invent, ventilation, வெ
ve |
vacant, vague வே
vae |
viper வை
vai |
vocabulary வொ
vo |
volt, vote வோ
voa |
voucher வௌ
vow |
wave, leave வ்
v |
ழ za |
ழா zaa |
ழி zi |
ழீ zii |
ழு zu |
ழூ zuu |
ழெ ze |
ழே zae |
ழை zai |
ழொ zo |
ழோ zoa |
ழௌ zow |
ழ் z |
plum, plug ள La |
block, clog ளா
Laa |
clip, click ளி Li |
clean, plead ளீ
Lii |
fluent, fluid ளு Lu |
blue ளூ
Luu |
plenty, blend ளெ Le |
play, plate ளே
Lae |
fly, reply ளை Lai |
exploration ளொ Lo |
floor, float ளோ
Loa |
clown ளௌ
Low |
temple, sample ள் L |
corrupt, crush ற
Ra |
pram றா
Raa |
curry, cherry றி
Ri |
tree, street றீ
Rii |
corrugate று
Ru |
troop, றூ
Ruu |
trend றெ Re |
crate, trade றே Rae |
fry றை
Rai |
provoke றொ Ro |
crow, throw றோ Roa |
crowd றௌ Row |
mirror, error ற்
R |
tenant, final ன
na |
novel, north, denominator, denomination னா
naa |
shiny, clinic னி
ni |
kneal, beneath னீ
nii |
menu னு
nu |
noodle னூ nuu |
generate னெ ne |
enable, manage னே nae |
vinyl, னை
nai |
renovate னொ
no |
genome னோ noa |
pronoun, renounce னௌ
now |
chain, coin ன்
n |
Sanscrit Characters - வடமொழி (கிரந்த) எழுத்துக்கள் |
junction, judge, judgment, just ஜ ja |
job, joint, jolly, jog ஜா jaa |
jig, jigger, jify, giraffe ஜி ji |
gene, jeans, jeep, jeer ஜீ jii |
jugale, jugular, jurassic, jural ஜு ju |
june, jupiter, july, juvenile ஜூ juu |
jet, jeddah, jerusalem, germany ஜெ je
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jape, japery, japonica, jason ஜே jae |
jail, jaipur, fragile, fungi ஜை jai |
jorum, jos, jostle, josling ஜொ jo |
joan of arc, joke, jovial, george ஜோ joa |
jounce, joust, jowett, jowl ஜௌ jow |
tajmahal, gauge, raj, judge ஜ் j |
shun, shut, shutter, shuffle ஷ sha |
short, sharp, shark, shot ஷா shaa |
shin, ship, shiver, shim ஷி shi |
she, shield, sheet, sheath ஷீ shii |
shook, shumac, treasure, pressure ஷு shu |
shoe, shoot, shoo, chute ஷூ shuu |
shelf, shelter, shell, shepherd ஷெ she
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shame, shape, shade, shake ஷே shae |
shy, shylock, shyness, shyster ஷை shai |
shorea, shogi, , ஷொ sho |
show, shore, showcase, shown ஷோ shoa |
shove, shout, shouting, shouter ஷௌ show |
ash, trash, cash, hush ஷ் sh |
son, sublime, sun, such ஸ Sa |
saw, sawdust, soft, socks ஸா Saa |
sit, sin, sip, sick ஸி Si |
see, seek, scene, seep ஸீ Sii |
superior, supremacy, casumatra, sumatran ஸு Su |
soot, soon, sudan, suture ஸூ Suu |
self, sell, send, sex ஸெ Se
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say, same, safe, sale ஸே Sae |
side, site, siphon, simultaneously ஸை Sai |
solace, solacement, solution, solute ஸொ So |
so, sodium, soviet, social ஸோ Soa |
sow, sown, sower, soul ஸௌ Sow |
kiss, miss, hiss, bus ஸ் S |
hut, hunt, humble, hurry ஹ ha |
hard, harp, harness, harvest ஹா haa |
him, his, hit, hill ஹி hi |
heel, heed, heap, heat ஹீ hii |
hood, neighbourhood, hook, hooked ஹு hu |
hoot, hoop, hooter, hoover ஹூ huu |
hen, head, health, hem ஹெ he
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hay, hair, haste, hate ஹே hae |
high, hide, hybrid hypertension ஹை hai |
hover, hovel, hotel, horologe ஹொ ho |
home, host, hole, holy ஹோ hoa |
how, house, housing, howling ஹௌ how |
human, humor, huge, humid ஹ் h |
action, faction, fraction, attraction க்ஷ ksha |
rickshaw, bigshot, workshop, bookshop க்ஷா kshaa |
bakshish, flagship, , க்ஷி kshi |
blacksheep, , , க்ஷீ kshii |
fichu, , , க்ஷு kshu |
brakeshoe, , , க்ஷூ kshuu |
bigshellbark, egshell, bookshelf, க்ஷெ kshe
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milkshake, eggshaped, eggshake, க்ஷே kshae |
yorkshire, , , க்ஷை kshai |
, , , க்ஷொ ksho |
bigshow, magicshow, , க்ஷோ kshoa |
, , , க்ஷௌ kshow |
bakshish, bookshop, workshop, bigshot க்ஷ் ksh |
Special Character | ஸ்ரீ sri |