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字母
zìmǔ
1. letter (of the alphabet)
2. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown

字
zì
character, letter, symbol, word
HSK 1 6 丶
母
mǔ
mother; female elders; female
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (16)

字母表
zìmǔbiǎo
alphabet
首字母
shǒuzìmǔ
initial letters
大写字母
dàxiězìmǔ
capital letters
字母顺序
zìmǔshùnxù
order of letters in an alphabet
小写字母
xiǎoxiězìmǔ
lowercase (letters)
希腊字母
xīlàzìmǔ
Greek alphabet
拉丁字母
Lādīngzìmǔ
Latin alphabet
拼音字母
pīnyīnzìmǔ
phonetic letters
朝鲜字母
Cháoxiǎnzìmǔ
hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet
注音字母
ZhùyīnZìmǔ
see [[注音符號|注音符号<ZhùyīnFúhào>]]
罗马字母
Luómǎzìmǔ
Roman letters
韩文字母
Hánwénzìmǔ
hangeul 한글, Korean phonetic alphabet
三十六字母
sānshíliùzìmǔ
thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
西里尔字母
Xīlǐěrzìmǔ
Cyrillic alphabet
首字母缩写
shǒuzìmǔsuōxiě
acronym
首字母拚音词
shǒuzìmǔpīnyīncí
acronym

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