# 字母
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zìmǔ
       (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зыму (zɨmu, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^6$ mou$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-mû
* Eastern Min (BUC): cê-mō̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lī-bú / jī-bó / jī-bú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ri$^7$ bho$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy-mu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìmǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmǔ
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-mu$^3$
*** Yale: dz̀-mǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhmuu
*** Palladius: цзыму (czymu)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìmǔr
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhmǔr
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-mu$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dz̀-mǔr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhmuul
*** Palladius: цзымур (czymur)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹ muɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зыму (zɨmu, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁴⁴ mou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$ mou$^5$
*** Yale: jih móuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$ mou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$ mou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː²² mou̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-mû
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii mu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^4$ mu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ mu²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cê-mō̤
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si²⁴²⁻⁵³ mo³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-bú
*** Tâi-lô: lī-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixbuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ bu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-bó
*** Tâi-lô: jī-bó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jixboir
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ bɤ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ bo⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-bú
*** Tâi-lô: jī-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jixbuo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ bu⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ri$^7$ bho$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jī bó
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zi¹¹ bo⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zy-mu
*** MiniDict: zy$^去$ mu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zr-mu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² mu⁴⁴/

### Noun

字母
* 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.
* alphabet
    拉丁字母 ― lādīngzìmǔ ― Latin alphabet
    字母數據／字母数据 ― zìmǔ shùjù ― alphabetical data
* (Chinese phonetics) character representing an initial consonant
    三十六字母 ― sānshíliù zìmǔ ― Thirty-six Initials (of rime tables)
* (typography) matrix
    Synonym: 字模 (zìmó)

#### Synonyms

* (alphabet): 字母表 (zìmǔbiǎo), 字母系統／字母系统 (zìmǔ xìtǒng)

#### Derived terms

* 四字母詞／四字母词 (sìzìmǔcí)
* 大寫字母／大写字母 (dàxiě zìmǔ)
* 字母圈 (zìmǔquān)
* 字母系統／字母系统 (zìmǔ xìtǒng)
* 字母表 (zìmǔbiǎo)
* 字母詞／字母词
* 拉丁字母 (Lādīng Zìmǔ)
* 拼音字母 (pīnyīn zìmǔ)
* 斯拉夫字母
* 腓尼基字母 (Féiníjī zìmǔ)
* 西里爾字母 (Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ)
* 首字母 (shǒuzìmǔ)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 字 | 母 |
| じ Grade: 1 | ぼ Grade: 2 |
| goon | kan'on |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じぼ [jíꜜbò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [d͡ʑibo̞]

### Noun

字(じ)母(ぼ) • (jibo)
* (orthography) a letter
* (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)
* hanja form of 자모 (“a hangul letter; a jamo”)