U+0431 "б" Cyrillic Small Letter Be Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0431 "б" Cyrillic Small Letter Be is the second letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, representing the voiced bilabial plosive sound /b/, similar to the English letter B. It is derived from the Greek letter Beta (β), though its handwritten form often resembles a delta shape with a loop at the top. This character is used in many languages that employ the Cyrillic script, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian, and it stands as the lowercase counterpart to the uppercase "Б". Its distinct visual design sets it apart from other script letters, making it a recognizable element in the typography of Slavic and non-Slavic languages written in Cyrillic.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0431
Name
Cyrillic Small Letter Be
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
б
HTML Hex Encoding
б
UTF-8 Encoding
0xD0 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0431
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000431
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0431
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Cyrillic