ぶ

See also: ふ and ぷ

ぶ U+3076, ぶ HIRAGANA LETTER BU Composition: ふ [U+3075] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← ふ [U+3075] Hiragana ぷ → [U+3077]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

The hiragana character ふ (fu) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

ぶ (romaji bu)

1. The hiragana syllable ぶ (bu). Its equivalent in katakana is ブ (bu).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Suffix

ぶ • (bu) ^†nidan

1. Classical form of びる (biru, “to act like”)