ㄅ

See also:ㆠ,ㆴ,勹,andㄅﾞ

ㄅ	U+3105,ㄅ BOPOMOFO LETTER B

[unassigned: U+3100–U+3104]

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[U+30FF]

Bopomofo

ㄆ →
[U+3106]

Translingual

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Stroke order

Letter

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ㄅ

type: initial consonant
general transliteration: b
keyboard key: 1

Descendants

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ㆠ,ㄅﾞ,ㆴ,

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Derived from勹, the ancient form and current top portion of包 (Mandarin:bāo), "to wrap up; package".

Etymology 1

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Initial consonant derived from包 (Mandarin:bāo), "to wrap up; package" + rhyme.

Pronunciation

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Mandarin
(Pinyin):bō,bē (bo¹,be¹)
(Zhuyin):ㄅㄛ, ㄅㄜ

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

Phoneme:

Audio(Pinyin);“b”/p/:

(file)

Letter

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ㄅ

1st letter of theZhuyin alphabet
1st letter of theextended Zhuyin alphabet

Etymology 2

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Simplified from吧, typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions ofㄅ – see吧.
(This character is an Internet slang variant form of吧).

Etymology 3

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Simplified from不, typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions ofㄅ – see不 (“not;cannot; etc.”).
(This character is an Internet slang variant form of不).

Etymology 4

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Simplified from掰(bāi), typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions ofㄅ – see掰 (“tobend orbreak apart with both hands; toadjust; totalk nonsense; tochatter idly; etc.”).
(This character is an Internet slang variant form of掰).

References

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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