- 1. letters of an alphabet; letter
- ♦ 汉语拼音~ the Chinese phonetic alphabet
- ♦ 英语~ the English alphabet
- ♦ 大写~ a capital letter
- ♦ 按~顺序排列 be arranged in alphabetical order; be arranged alphabetically
- 2. (in phonology) a character representing an initial consonant (声母), as 明 míng for the initial m