Be (Cyrillic)

Be (Cyrillic)

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Be (Б, б) is the second letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It represents IPA|/b/, a voiced bilabial plosive similar to the English pronunciation of "b". In the Russian language, б may also represent a voiceless IPA| [p] word-finally or before a voiceless consonant, and IPA|/bʲ/ before a palatalizing vowel.

In Russian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian, it is romanized as the Latin letter B.

The old name for б was "Buki". It had no numerical value. The letter в inherited beta's numeric value in the old system of Cyrillic numerals, so б had none.

Form

It looks approximately like a figure "6", and should not be confused with the Cyrillic letter в (called ve), which is shaped like Latin capital letter "B" and indicates IPA|/v/, the voiced labiodental fricative. Both letters are derived from Greek beta. When hand-written, the lower-cased б may look like the lower-cased delta, δ.

Code positions

Its HTML entities are: Б or Б for capital and б or б for small letter.

References


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