Word Meaning 字母

じぼ jibo

字母 is read as じぼ (jibo) and means representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant.

Meaning

English

representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant
letter (of an alphabet)
syllabic character
matrix
printing type

Reading

Kana

じぼ

Romaji

jibo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 127199 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

三十六字母

さんじゅうろくじぼ

36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)

注音字母

ちゅうおんじぼ

Bopomofo

国際音声字母

こくさいおんせいじぼ

International Phonetic Alphabet

表音字母

ひょうおんじぼ

phonetic alphabet

母文字

かもじ

mother

字体

じたい

form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional)

字

あざ

section of village

字画

じかく

strokes in a Chinese character

字

じ

the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

字書

じしょ

dictionary

分母

ぶんぼ

denominator

空母

くうぼ

aircraft carrier