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べ (be) in hiragana: pronunciation, stroke order and examples

The hiragana べ is read "be". Stroke order step by step, the same sound in katakana (ベ), the look-alikes not to confuse and example words.

Reading
be
Same sound in katakana
ベ
Not to confuse with
ぺ pe

Words with べ

  • 勉強 べんきょう — Study
  • 便利 べんり — Convenient
  • 別 べつ — distinction, different
  • 別に べつに — (not) particularly, nothing
  • 弁当 べんとう — box lunch
  • 別荘 べっそう — villa; vacation home; summer cottage

Stroke order · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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