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字母 zìmǔ

字母 zìmǔ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 字母 zìmǔ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zìmǔ | zi4 mu3
English translation
letter (of the alphabet)
CL:
>[gè]

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About 字母 zìmǔ

Read some general information about the Chinese word 字母 zìmǔ .

Traditional form

字母 zìmǔ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 字母 zìmǔ

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 字母 zìmǔ .

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and represents the sound. The gài (roof) component is based on the original meaning "raise; nurture". The meaning later shifted to "educate", "word", and "writing".

Positional decomposition

宀子

Number of Strokes

6

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a woman kneeling, with two dots representing the two nipples that mothers use to feed their young.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 字母 zìmǔ

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běn diǎn Zhōng 相互 xiāng hù 参照 cānzhào de 词用大写字母 dà xiě zì mǔ 表示 biǎoshì .

In this dictionary cross - references are shown in capital letters.

běn gōu Zhōng BIG yòng de shì 大写字母 dà xiě zì mǔ .

In this sentence, the word BIG is in capitals.

àn 字母 zìmǔ 顺序 shùnxù 这些 zhè xiē Shū 整理 zhěnglǐ le , qiān 不要 bù yào zài lòng luàn .

I've arranged the books alphabetically so don't muddle them up.

yóu 字母表 zì mǔ biǎo A Zhōng de 符号 fúhào suǒ 组成 zǔchéng de 任何 rènhé yǒu qióng 序列 xù liè , bèi 称为 chēng wéi 符号串.

Any finite sequence of symbols from an alphabet A is called a string.

比如说, 通常 tōngcháng de 通信 tōng xìn xìng de 首字母 shǒu zì mǔ de 顺序 shùnxù 记录 jìlù 联系 liánxì rén .

The physical address book, for example, stores names in alphabetical order by last name.

字母 zìmǔ Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 字母 zìmǔ and their own compounds.

字母 zìmǔ Compounds

See all 39 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 字母 zìmǔ in their composition.

    • měi
      • Hǎi
        • hāi ,
      • mǐn
      • méi , huǐ , méi , , méi , méi , huì , huì , mǐn , , méi , mèi , méi , méi , , , , , , huì , ,
    • , , ḿ , méi , jiě , , , , , , ,
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