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U+3076, ぶ
HIRAGANA LETTER BU
Composition: [U+3075] + ◌゙ [U+3099]

[U+3075]
Hiragana
[U+3077]

JapaneseEdit

Stroke order
 

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

SyllableEdit

(romaji bu)

  1. The hiragana syllable (bu). Its equivalent in katakana is (bu).
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See びる.

SuffixEdit

(bunidan

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

Etymology 3Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entries.
2
[noun] an obsolete unit of currency equal to four (りょう) (ryō) and to ten (りん) (rin)
2
[noun] a unit of land measurement
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
4
[prefix] un-, non-, in-
[prefix] bad, poor
4
[prefix] non-, un-
Alternative spelling
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 (bu, six (shaku), roughly six feet or 1.8 meters), roughly equivalent to one yard or 90 centimeters
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.
For a list of all kanji read as , not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぶ.)