# ベ — katakana “be”

ベ is the katakana character for the sound “be”. It is written with 3 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is べ.

- Reading: be
- Strokes: 3
- Hiragana: べ

## How ベ sounds

ベ is ヘ with dakuten (゛): he becomes be.

## Don't confuse it with

ペ

## Words with ベ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ベッド | beddo | bed |
| ベル | beru | bell |
| ベンチ | benchi | bench |
| ベスト | besuto | best; vest |
| ベルト | beruto | belt |
| ベストセラー | besutoseraa | bestseller |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/katakana-chart/be/. Last updated 2026-11-01.