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び

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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

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Stroke order
3 strokes

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Syllable

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び • (bi) 

  1. The hiragana syllable び (bi). Its equivalent in katakana is ビ (bi).
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Etymology 2

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Kanji reading.

Adjective

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

  1. 美: beautiful
  2. 微: tiny

Affix

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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

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び • (-bi) 

  1. 尾: fish, shrimp

Noun

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び • (bi) 

  1. 美: beauty
  2. 微: tininess

Proper noun

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び • (Bi) 

  1. 尾: (Chinese astronomy) Tail