See also: , , , and ㄅ゙

U+3105, ㄅ
BOPOMOFO LETTER B
[unassigned: U+3100–U+3104]

[U+30FF]
Bopomofo
[U+3106]

Translingual

Stroke order
1 stroke

Letter

  1. type: initial consonant
  2. general transliteration: b
  3. keyboard key: 1

Descendants

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation


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

Definitions

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

Etymology 3

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

Definitions

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

Etymology 4

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

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“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 ).

References

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
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