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
2. general transliteration: b
3. keyboard key: 1

Descendants

• ㆠ, ㄅﾞ, ㆴ,

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bō, bē (bo¹, be¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ, ㄅㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bo
    • Wade–Giles: po¹
    • Yale: bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bē
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: be
    • Wade–Giles: pê¹
    • Yale: bē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: be
    • Palladius: бэ (bɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤ⁵⁵/

Letter

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

Phoneme

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

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

• 全國主要方言區方音對照表, Chinese Character Reform Commission, Beijing: ZhonghuaBook Company, 1954
• Unicode Bopomofo block description: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U3100.pdf

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

1. 1st letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

1. sound IPA^(key): /p/ (Hutton): b

References

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