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U+3076, ぶ
HIRAGANA LETTER BU
Composition: [U+3075] + ◌゙ [U+3099]

[U+3075]
Hiragana
[U+3077]

Japanese

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Stroke order
6 strokes

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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The hiragana character (fu) with a dakuten ().

Syllable

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(bu

  1. The hiragana syllable (bu). Its equivalent in katakana is (bu).
See also
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Etymology 2

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See びる.

Suffix

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(bunidan

  1. Classical Japanese form of びる (-biru, to act like)
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entries.
2
[noun] an obsolete unit of currency equal to four (りょう) (ryō) and to ten (りん) (rin)
2
[noun] a traditional unit of measurement:
[noun] for land area, equal to 6 square (shaku) or 3.306 square metres
[noun] for length, also equal to 6 (shaku) or approximately 1.8 metres
[noun] (finance) by extension of (bu, literally one-tenth):
[noun] a percentage on interest; compare English commission
[noun] the lending and borrowing of interest itself
[affix] percentage, proportion, ratio
[suffix] in measuring (chō, block), (tan, 300 bu/tsubo), etc., indicates no decimal points added; compare English even, precisely
3
[counter] copies of a newspaper or magazine
[noun] division, divide, a part
[noun] section, bureau, department
[suffix] division, bureau
[suffix] school club
[suffix] category
4
[prefix] un-, non-, in-
[prefix] bad, poor
4
[prefix] non-, un-
5
[noun] courage, ferocity, valor
[noun] military power, force of arms
[noun] the act of carrying out military force: a battle, a war
[noun] the way of carrying out military force: strategy, tactics, martial arts
[noun] a military person: an officer, a soldier
[noun] (obsolete) a unit of length, equivalent to half of a (bu, six (shaku), roughly six feet or 1.8 meters), roughly equivalent to one yard or 90 centimeters
(This term, (bu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as , see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぶ.)