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ぶ (bu) in hiragana: pronunciation, stroke order and examples

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

Reading
bu
Same sound in katakana
ブ
Not to confuse with
ぷ pu

Words with ぶ

  • 豚 ぶた — Pig
  • 豚肉 ぶたにく — pork
  • 文章 ぶんしょう — sentence, text
  • 部長 ぶちょう — Department head
  • ぶどう ぶどう — grapes
  • 文学 ぶんがく — literature

Stroke order · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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