字母

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Chinese

 
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
 female; mother
simp. and trad.
(字母) 		字 母

Pronunciation

Noun

字母

  1. letter (of an alphabet)
    英文有26個字母。／英文有26个字母。  ―  Yīngwén yǒu 26 ge zìmǔ.  ―  There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
  2. alphabet
    拉丁字母  ―  lādīngzìmǔ  ―  Latin alphabet
    字母數據／字母数据  ―  zìmǔ shùjù  ―  alphabetical data
  3. (Chinese phonetics) character representing an initial consonant
    三十六字母  ―  sānshíliù zìmǔ  ―  Thirty-six Initials (of rime tables)
  4. (typography) matrix
    Synonym: 字模 (zìmó)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
字 母
じ
Grade: 1 		ぼ
Grade: 2
goon kan’on
 字母 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

字(じ)母(ぼ) • (jibo) 

  1. (orthography) a letter
  2. (orthography) a jamo

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
字母

Noun

字母 • (jamo) (hangeul 자모)

  1. Hanja form? of 자모 (“a hangeul letter; a jamo”).
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