ぶ

See also: ふ and ぷ

ぶ U+3076, ぶ
HIRAGANA LETTER BU
Composition:ふ [U+3075] + ◌゙ [U+3099]
← ふ
[U+3075] 		Hiragana ぷ →
[U+3077]

Japanese
Stroke order
6 strokes

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ぶ • (bu) 

  1. The hiragana syllable ぶ (bu). Its equivalent in katakana is ブ (bu).
See also

Etymology 2

See びる.

Suffix

ぶ • (bu) †nidan

  1. Classical Japanese form of びる (-biru, “to act like”)
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "ぶ" (バ行上二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) びbi
Continuative (連用形) びbi
Terminal (終止形) ぶbu
Attributive (連体形) ぶるburu
Realis (已然形) ぶれbure
Imperative (命令形) びよbiyo
Key constructions
Negative びずbizu
Contrasting conjunction ぶれどburedo
Causal conjunction ぶればbureba
Conditional conjunction びばbiba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) びきbiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) びけりbikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) びつbitu
Perfect tense (natural event) びぬbinu
Perfect-continuative tense びたりbitari
Volitional びむbimu

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of ぶ – see the following entries.
【分】2
[noun] an obsolete unit of currency equal to four 両(りょう) (ryō) and to ten 釐(りん) (rin)
【歩】2
[noun] a unit of land measurement
【部】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
【不ふ】4
[prefix] un-, non-, in-
[prefix] bad, poor
【無】4
[prefix] non-, un-
【武】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 歩 (bu, six 尺 (shaku), roughly six feet or 1.8 meters), roughly equivalent to one yard or 90 centimeters
(This term, ぶ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぶ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぶ.)
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