# 字母 (zìmǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 字母 (zìmǔ) means “letter (of the alphabet)”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: letter (of the alphabet)
- Pinyin: zìmǔ (zi4 mu3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Measure word: 个

## Examples

- 英语里有二十六个字母。
  Yīngyǔ lǐ yǒu èrshíliù gè zìmǔ.
  There are twenty-six letters in English.

## Characters

- [字](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-character/) (zì): character; word
- [母](https://hanziro.com/word/mu-mother/) (mǔ): mother; female (of animals)

https://hanziro.com/word/zi-mu-letter/

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