Be (Б, б) is the second letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It is pronounced like English B (a voiced bilabial plosive). In the Russian language, at the end of a word or before a voiceless consonant, it is pronounced [p]. It looks approximately like a 6, and should not be confused with the Cyrillic letter Ve, which is shaped like Latin B but pronounced [v]. Both letters are derived from Greek beta.

Be's old name is Buki. It had no numerical value.

Code positions

Character encoding	Case	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Octal	Binary
Unicode	Capital	1041	0411	002021	0000010000010001
	Small	1073	0431	002061	0000010000110001
ISO 8859-5	Capital	177	b1	261	0010110001
	Small	209	d1	321	0011010001
KOI 8	Capital	226	e2	342	0011100010
	Small	194	c2	302	0011000010
Windows 1251	Capital	193	c1	301	0011000001
	Small	225	e1	341	0011100001

Its HTML entities are: Б or Б for capital and б or б for small letter.

See also

• Ve, B, Beta