字母

zìmǔ

noun HSK 4 #3,232

Measure Word

一个字母 gè

Meanings

1 letter (of an alphabet)
2 alphabet

Characters

character; letter; word

mother; origin; female

The 'mother' of characters - the basic unit from which words are formed.

Examples

HSK 2

英语有二十六个字母。

Yīngyǔ yǒu èrshíliù gè zìmǔ.

English has twenty-six letters.

HSK 3

请输入大写字母。

Qǐng shūrù dàxiě zìmǔ.

Please enter capital letters.

HSK 7-9

拼音用拉丁字母书写。

Pīnyīn yòng Lādīng zìmǔ shūxiě.

Pinyin is written with Latin letters.

Stroke Order

字 zì

母 mǔ