び

See also: ひ and ぴ

び U+3073, び HIRAGANA LETTER BI Composition: ひ [U+3072] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← ひ [U+3072] Hiragana ぴ → [U+3074]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲi]

Etymology 1

The hiragana character ひ (hi) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

び (romaji bi)

1. The hiragana syllable び (bi). Its equivalent in katakana is ビ (bi).

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, ゐゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑゑ゙, をを゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Kanji reading.

Adjective

び • (bi) -na (adnominal びな (bi na), adverbial びに (bi ni))

1. 美: beautiful
2. 微: tiny

Affix

び • (bi) 

1. 尾: tail
2. 弥: extending
3. 眉: eyebrows
4. 美: beautiful
5. 備: preparation
6. 媚: obsequious
7. 微: tiny
8. 鼻: nose
9. 靡: to flutter, to wave, to be swayed by

Counter

び • (-bi) 

1. 尾: fish, shrimp

Noun

び • (bi) 

1. 美: beauty
2. 微: tininess

Proper noun

び • (Bi) 

1. 尾: (Chinese astronomy) Tail