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

Hiragana

Japanese

Stroke order
6 strokes

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Syllable

(bu

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

Etymology 2

See びる.

Suffix

(bunidan

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

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entries.
2
an obsolete unit of currency equal to four (りょう) (ryō) and to ten (りん) (rin)
2
a traditional unit of measurement:
for land area, equal to 6 square (shaku) or 3.306 square metres
for length, also equal to 6 (shaku) or approximately 1.8 metres
(finance) by extension of (bu, literally one-tenth):
a percentage on interest; compare English commission
the lending and borrowing of interest itself
percentage, proportion, ratio
in measuring (chō, block), (tan, 300 bu/tsubo), etc., indicates no decimal points added; compare English even, precisely
3
copies of a newspaper or magazine
division, divide, a part
section, bureau, department
division, bureau
school club
category
4
un-, non-, in-
bad, poor
4
non-, un-
5
courage, ferocity, valor
military power, force of arms
the act of carrying out military force: a battle, a war
the way of carrying out military force: strategy, tactics, martial arts
a military person: an officer, a soldier
(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.)