# ブ — katakana “bu”

ブ is the katakana character for the sound “bu”. It is written with 3 strokes, and in hiragana the same sound is ぶ.

- Reading: bu
- Strokes: 3
- Hiragana: ぶ

## How ブ sounds

ブ is フ with dakuten (゛): fu becomes bu.

## Don't confuse it with

プ

## Words with ブ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ブラジル | burajiru | Brazil |
| ブレーキ | bureeki | brake |
| ブラウス | burausu | blouse |
| ブラシ | burashi | brush |
| ブロック | burokku | block |
| ブルー | buruu | blue |

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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/bu/. Last updated 2026-11-01.