How to write 字母
Animated stroke order — tap a character to replay. Look up any character's stroke order → Printable writing worksheet for 字母 →
Stroke order of 字
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Stroke order of 母
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Practice writing 字母
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HSK level
HSK 5字母 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 5. An advanced band: enough to read newspapers and watch films.
字母 in a sentence
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英 语 有 二 十 六 个 字 母 。English has twenty-six letters.
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这 个 字 母 怎 么 读 ？How do you read this letter?
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中 文 没 有 字 母 ，只 有 汉 字 。Chinese has no alphabet, only characters.
字母 vs 汉字 vs 拼音
Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.
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汉字 are characters, not letters — each is a morpheme with meaning, not a sound-only symbol like 字母.
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拼音 pīn yīn pinyin
The romanization that spells sounds with letters — the bridge between 字母 and 汉字.