ㄅ

Letter

 * 1) type: initial consonant
 * 2) general transliteration: b
 * 3) keyboard key: 1

Descendants

 * ㆠ, ㄅﾞ, ㆴ, [[Image:bpmf-bf.svg|18px|link=BOPOMOFO LETTER CF]]

Glyph origin
Derived from, the ancient form and current top portion of (🇨🇬: bāo), "to wrap up; package".

Etymology 1
Initial consonant derived from (🇨🇬: bāo), "to wrap up; package" + rhyme.

Letter

 * 1) 1st letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
 * 2) 1st letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

 * 1)  sound  (Pinyin: b), which is commonly present in Chinese

Etymology 2
Simplified from, typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.

Etymology 3
Simplified from, typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.

Etymology 4
Simplified from, typing only ㄅ instead of the full character pronunciation on Zhuyin keyboard layouts.

Letter

 * 1) 1st letter of the  Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

 * 1) sound  (Hutton): b