声母

聲母
shēngmǔ
  1. the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable
  2. the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青 qīng in 清 qīng)

CEDICT

  1. (phonetics) initial
  2. initial

Wiktionary

  1. 对韵母而言，指标声的字母。如国语注音符号的ㄅ、ㄆ、ㄇ、ㄈ等。
  2. 形声字的声符，常为形成诸形声字读音之母，故称为「声母」。如仑为伦、沦、崙、　纶、轮诸字的声母。

重編國語辭典

  1. 各形声汉字读音的声符
  2. 相对韵母，指标声的字母

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 声 shēng
  1. sound
  2. voice
  3. tone
  4. noise
  5. reputation
  6. classifier for sounds
2 母 mǔ
  1. mother
  2. elderly female relative
  3. origin
  4. source
  5. (of animals) female

Containing this entry

零声母 língshēngmǔ (Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant)