ㄅ

See also: ㆠ, ㆴ, 勹, ㄅﾞ, and BOPOMOFO LETTER CF

ㄅ - Translingual

Letter

ㄅ

type: initial consonant
general transliteration: b
keyboard key: 1

Descendants

ㆠ, ㄅﾞ, ㆴ,

ㄅ - Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
- (Pinyin): bē, bō (be¹, bo¹)
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄜ, ㄅㄛ

Letter

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

Phoneme

(general) sound IPA: /p/ ^help (Pinyin: b), which is commonly present in Chinese

Definitions

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

Definitions

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

Definitions

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

ㄅ - Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

1st letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

sound IPA: /p/ (Hutton): b