Be (Cyrillic)
| Б (Buky/бѹкꙑ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Б б | |||
| (See below) | |||
| Usage | |||
| Writing system | Cyrillic script | ||
| Type | Alphabetic | ||
| Language of origin | Old Church Slavonic | ||
| Sound values | [b] [p] [β] | ||
| In Unicode | U+0411, U+0431 | ||
| Alphabetical position | 2 | ||
| History | |||
| Development |
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| Time period | ~900 to present | ||
| Sisters | |||
| Transliterations | B (Latin script) | ||
| Variations | (See below) | ||
| Other | |||
| Writing direction | Left-to-right | ||
Be (Б б; italics: Б б) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the voiced bilabial plosive /b/, like the English pronunciation of ⟨b⟩ in "ball". It should not be confused with the Cyrillic letter Ve (В в), which is shaped like Latin capital letter B but represents the voiced labiodental fricative /v/ or the voiced bilabial fricative /β/. The Cyrillic letter Б (Be) is romanized using the Latin letter B.