It falls under the low class of Thai consonants. In IPA, "cho choe" is pronounced as [tɕʰ] at the beginning of a syllable and may not be used to close a syllable. The eighth letter of the alphabet, "cho chan" (จ), is also named "cho" and falls under the middle class of Thai consonants. The eighth letter of the alphabet, "cho ching" (ฉ), is also named "cho" and falls under the high class of Thai consonants. The tenth letter of the alphabet, "cho chang" (ช), is also named "cho and "falls under the low class of Thai consonants. Unlike many Indic scripts, Thai consonants do not form conjunct ligatures, and use the pinthu"—"an explicit virama with a dot shape—to indicate bare consonants. In the acrophony of the Thai script," choe" (เฌอ) means ‘tree’. "Cho choe" corresponds to the Sanskrit character ‘झ’.