Nijikana

Hiragana ば (ba)

ば is a voiced (dakuten) character, read “ba”, written with 5 strokes.

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Memory trick

は plus two ticks (dakuten ゛), which make the sound voiced: "ba".

Words with ば

  • こんばんはkonbanwa · good evening

Practise ば until it sticks

It's taught in hiragana lesson 11, "Dakuten: D & B". Nijikana drills each character with mini-games and audio, and spaced repetition brings it back just before you forget it.

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