べ

See also: へ, ぺ, and ヘ

べ U+3079, べ HIRAGANA LETTER BE Composition: へ [U+3078] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← へ [U+3078] Hiragana ぺ → [U+307A]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be̞]

Etymology 1

The hiragana character へ (he) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

べ (romaji be)

1. The hiragana syllable べ (be). Its equivalent in katakana is ベ (be).

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, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

From Classical Japanese べし (beshi).

Particle

べ • (be) 

1. (dialectal Kanto, Tohoku, Hokkaido) sentence-ending particle indicating volition or supposition

   明日(あした)は学校(がっこう)だがら朝早(あさはや)く起(お)きんべ。

   Ashita wa gakkō dagara asa hayaku okin be.

   I'll get up early for tomorrow's school.

   大(てえ)したことでもねえべ。

   Tēshita koto demo nē be.

   It's not a big deal.

Alternative forms

• っぺ (ppe)

See also

• だろう (darō)