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, こ𛄲ご, 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, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, を𛅒を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

See びる.

Suffix

ぶ • (bu) ^†nidan

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

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of ぶ – see the following entries.

【分】2 [noun] an obsolete unit of currency equal to four 両(りょう) (ryō) and to ten 釐(りん) (rin) 【歩】2 [noun] a unit of land measurement 【部】3 [counter] copies of a newspaper or magazine [noun] division, divide, a part [noun] section, bureau, department [suffix] division, bureau [suffix] school club [suffix] category 【不ふ】4 [prefix] un-, non-, in- [prefix] bad, poor 【無】4 [prefix] non-, un- Alternative spelling 无 【武】5 [noun] courage, ferocity, valor [noun] military power, force of arms [noun] the act of carrying out military force: a battle, a war [noun] the way of carrying out military force: strategy, tactics, martial arts [noun] a military person: an officer, a soldier [noun] (obsolete) a unit of length, equivalent to half of a 歩 (bu, six 尺 (shaku), roughly six feet or 1.8 meters), roughly equivalent to one yard or 90 centimeters

(This term, ぶ, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms. For a list of all kanji read as ぶ, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぶ.)