ㄅ

See also: ㆠ, ㆴ, 勹, and ㄅﾞ

ㄅ U+3105, ㄅ
BOPOMOFO LETTER B
[unassigned: U+3100–U+3104]
← ヿ
[U+30FF] 		Bopomofo ㄆ →
[U+3106]

Translingual

Stroke order

Letter

ㄅ

  1. type: initial consonant (bilabial)
  2. general transliteration: b
  3. keyboard key: 1

Descendants

Chinese

Glyph origin

Derived from 勹, the ancient form and current top portion of 包 (Mandarin: bāo), "to wrap up; package".

Etymology 1

Initial consonant derived from 包 (Mandarin: bāo), "to wrap up; package" + rhyme.

Pronunciation

  • Phoneme:
    Audio (Pinyin); “b” /p/:(file)

    • Letter

    ㄅ

    1. 1st letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
    2. 1st letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

    Etymology 2

    Simplified from 吧, typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of ㄅ – see 吧.
    (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 吧).

    Etymology 3

    Simplified from 不, typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of ㄅ – see 不 (“not; cannot; etc.”).
    (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 不).

    Etymology 4

    Simplified from 掰 (bāi), typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of ㄅ – see 掰 (“to bend or break apart with both hands; to adjust; to talk nonsense; to chatter idly; etc.”).
    (This character is an Internet slang variant form of 掰).

    References

    Northern Qiandong Miao

    Pronunciation

    • Phoneme: IPA(key): /p/

    Letter

    ㄅ (b) (Hutton)

    1. 1st letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet

    References

    • Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198
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