自然拼读辅音字母组合总结表（PDF版）

Consonant Digraph Examples
The symbols between forward slashes / / are used in the UK Government’s Letters and Sounds phonics
programme. The green symbols in round brackets are used in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Digraph Corresponding Example Words Comments
Phonemes
bb /b/ (b) Abbot, gibbon, rabbit, wobble
bt /t/ (t) debt, doubt, subtle Often referred to as silent ‘b’.
Very rare correspondence.
bu /b/ (b) building, built, buoy Very rare correspondence.
cc /k/ (k) account, hiccup, occur, soccer
ce /s/ (s) bounce, dance, juice, voice
/sh/ ( ) ocean, crustacean, sebaceous Rare correspondence.
ch /ch/ (t ) chick, child, church, much Most common sound for this
digraph.
/k/ (k) anchor, Christmas, chemistry, school Mostly words borrowed from
Greek.
/sh/ ( ) chalet, chef, machine, brochure Mostly words borrowed from
French.
ci /sh/ ( ) delicious, racial, special, musician Uncommon.
ck /k/ (k) clock, duck, kick, quack
dd /d/ (d) address, cuddle, ladder, odd
de /d/ (d) aide, blonde, horde Uncommon.
dg /j/ (d ) badger, budget, dodgy, fidget
ed /d/ (d) alarmed, baffled, behaved, camouflaged
/t/ (t) chopped, hopped, jumped, walked
ff /f/ (f) off, cliff, daffodil, muffin
ge /j/ (d ) barge, large, sponge, pigeon
/zh/ ( ) beige, camouflage, massage, prestige
gg /g/ (g) egg, beggar, giggle, wagging
gh /g/ (g) ghee, ghost, ghastly, gherkin Often referred to as silent ‘h’.
/f/ (f) cough, laugh, rough, enough
gn /n/ (n) gnaw, gnome, reign, sign Often referred to as silent ‘g’.
gu /g/ (g) guard, guest, guide, disguise
kk /k/ (k) bookkeeping, trekking, yakking Uncommon.
kn /n/ (n) knee, knew, knife, know Often referred to as silent ‘k’.
le /l/ (l) apple, beetle, candle, giggle
ll /l/ (l) bell, doll, chill, bully
mb /m/ (m) bomb, comb, lamb, climb Often referred to as silent ‘b’.
mm /m/ (m) comma, dummy, hammer, summer
mn /m/ (m) Autumn, column, damn, hymn Rare. Often referred to as silent
‘n’.
ng /ng/ ( ) bang, bring, king, running
nn /n/ (n) annoy, bunny, dinner, tennis
pb /b/ (b) Campbell, cupboard, raspberry Rare. Usually represents 2
separate sounds as in ‘upbeat’.
ph /f/ (f) alphabet, dolphin, elephant, phonics
pp /p/ (p) apple, clapping, dropped, flipper
ps /s/ (s) psalm, psychiatrist, psychic, psychology Very rare correspondence.
Mainly found in words borrowed
from Greek.
Consonant Digraph Examples
qu /k/ (k) conquer, etiquette, quiche, mosquito
/k/ (k) + /w/ (w) quack, Queen, quick, liquid Arguable whether this is acting
as a digraph in these words as it
represents 2 sounds.
rh /r/ (r) rhea, rhino, rhythm, rhetorical Often referred to as silent ‘h’.
rr /r/ (r) barrel, carry, hurry, parrot
sc /s/ (s) descend, scent, scissors, science Often referred to as silent ‘c’.
se /s/ (s) goose, horse, mouse, collapse
/z/ (z) browse, cheese, please, noise
sh /sh/ ( ) sheep, shrimp, brush, fish
si /zh/ ( ) Asia, division, invasion, television
/sh/ ( ) extension, mansion, pension tension
/z/ (z) business Very rare.
ss /s/ (s) boss, fuss, hiss, blossom
/z/ (z) dessert, dissolve, possess, scissors
/sh/ ( ) assure, fissure, issue, tissue
st /s/ (s) bristle, castle, fasten, listen Often referred to as silent ‘t’.
th /th/ (θ) thank, thin, bath, sloth
/th/ ( ) this, then, with, feather
/t/ (t) Esther, Thomas, thyme, Thailand Rare. Mostly names of people
or places.
ti /sh/ ( ) action, initial, station, mention Most common spelling for /sh/.
tt /t/ (t) attend, butter, kitten, twitter
ve /v/ (v) carve, deserve, groove, leave English words don’t usually end
with the letter v on its own.
wh /w/ (w) why, when, whale, where, wheel Often referred to as silent ‘h’.
/h/ (h) who, whose, whole, whoever Rare. Often referred to as silent
‘w’.
wr /r/ (r) wrap, wren, wrist, write Often referred to as silent ‘w’.
ze /z/ (z) breeze, freeze, ooze, squeeze
zz /z/ (z) buzz, dizzy, frizzy, grizzly