Be (Cyrillic)
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| Cyrillic letter Be | ||||||
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| Unicode (hex) | ||||||
| majuscule: U+0411 | ||||||
| minuscule: U+0431 | ||||||
| Cyrillic alphabet | ||||||
| А | Б | В | Г | Ґ | Д | Ѓ |
| Ђ | Е | Ѐ | Ё | Є | Ж | З |
| Ѕ | И | Ѝ | І | Ї | Й | Ј |
| К | Л | Љ | М | Н | Њ | О |
| П | Р | С | Т | Ћ | Ќ | У |
| Ў | Ф | Х | Ц | Ч | Џ | Ш |
| Щ | Ъ | Ы | Ь | Э | Ю | Я |
| Non-Slavic letters | ||||||
| Ӑ | Ӓ | Ә | Ӛ | Ӕ | Ғ | Ӷ |
| Ҕ | Ӗ | Ҽ | Ҿ | Ӂ | Җ | Ӝ |
| Ҙ | Ӟ | Ӡ | Ӥ | Ӣ | Ӏ | Ҋ |
| Қ | Ҟ | Ҡ | Ӄ | Ҝ | Ӆ | Ӎ |
| Ҥ | Ң | Ӊ | Ӈ | Ӧ | Ө | Ӫ |
| Ҩ | Ҧ | Ҏ | Ҫ | Ҭ | Ӳ | Ӱ |
| Ӯ | Ү | Ұ | Ҳ | Һ | Ҵ | Ӵ |
| Ҷ | Ӌ | Ҹ | Ӹ | Ҍ | Ӭ | |
| Archaic letters | ||||||
| Ҁ | Ѹ | Ѡ | Ѿ | Ѻ | Ѣ | ІА |
| Ѥ | Ѧ | Ѫ | Ѩ | Ѭ | Ѯ | Ѱ |
| Ѳ | Ѵ | Ѷ | Ꙟ | |||
| List of Cyrillic letters | ||||||
Be (Б, б) is the second letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It represents /b/, a voiced bilabial plosive similar to the English pronunciation of b. In the Russian language, б may also represent a voiceless [p] word-finally or before a voiceless consonant, and /bʲ/ before a palatalizing vowel.
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.
[edit] 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 /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.
[edit] Code positions
| Character encoding | Case | Decimal | Hexadecimal | Octal | Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode | Capital | 1041 | 0411 | 002021 | 0000010000010001 |
| Small | 1073 | 0431 | 002061 | 0000010000110001 | |
| ISO 8859-5 | Capital | 177 | b1 | 261 | 0010110001 |
| Small | 209 | d1 | 321 | 0011010001 | |
| KOI 8 | Capital | 226 | e2 | 342 | 0011100010 |
| Small | 194 | c2 | 302 | 0011000010 | |
| Windows 1251 | Capital | 193 | c1 | 301 | 0011000001 |
| Small | 225 | e1 | 341 | 0011100001 |
Its HTML entities are: Б or Б for capital and б or б for small letter.
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