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)

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

Etymology 2

See びる.

Suffix

ぶ • (bu) ^†nidan

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.)

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