べ

See also: へ, ぺ, and ヘ

べ U+3079, べ HIRAGANA LETTER BE Composition: へ [U+3078] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← へ [U+3078] Hiragana ぺ → [U+307A]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be̞]

Etymology 1

The hiragana character へ (he) with a dakuten (゛).

Syllable

べ • (be) 

1. The hiragana syllable べ (be). Its equivalent in katakana is ベ (be).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲 (𛄲)ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

From Kantō, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō Japanese 可(べ)い (bei), from Classical Japanese 可(べ)し (beshi), via regular shift from Classical ク活用(かつよう) (ku-katsuyō) adjective to modern -i adjective.

Particle

べ • (be) 

1. (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō) sentence-ending particle indicating volition or supposition

   明日(あした)は学(がっ)校(こう)だがら朝(あさ)早(はや)く起(お)きんべ。

   Ashita wa gakkō da gara asa hayaku okin be.

   I'll get up early for tomorrow's school.

   大(てえ)したことでもねえべ。

   Tēshita koto de mo nē be.

   It's not a big deal.

Alternative forms

• っぺ (ppe)

See also

• だろう (darō)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of べ – see the following entry.

【辺】4 [suffix] place, general area, vicinity Alternative spelling 方

(This term, べ (be), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as べ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as べ.)