Cursive B (Capital & Lowercase)

How to Write a Capital B in Cursive

1. Begin with a small hook. Start on the left, a little above the midline, and flick a short curved stroke up and to the right until it reaches the top line.
2. Pull the stem down. From the top line, draw one long, straight, slanted stroke down to the baseline. This is the backbone of the B.
3. Go back to the top. Return to the top of the stem. You can retrace the stem upward or lift your pencil and place it there, whichever feels steadier.
4. Make the upper bump. Curve out to the right and down, then turn back in toward the stem and make a tiny loop right on the midline.
5. Make the lower bump. Swing out again in a bigger, rounder curve that drops to the baseline, then curl back to the left and stop just short of the stem.

How to Write a Lowercase b in Cursive

1. Lead in from the baseline. Start on the baseline, or where the last letter ended, and make a long slanted upstroke toward the top line.
2. Loop at the top line. Curve over to the left at the top line and come back down, crossing your upstroke to make a slim loop.
3. Drop to the baseline. Continue straight down along the slant until you reach the baseline.
4. Round the bottom. Curve up and to the right in a small bump that rises to the midline.
5. Finish with a curl. At the midline, curl the stroke back in toward the loop and stop with a tiny check. This curl is where the next letter starts.

Common Mistakes With Cursive B

Most problems with b come from the ending stroke, not the loop. Watch for these.

• Dropping the curl. Without the small check at the midline, a lowercase b looks like an l followed by a stray stroke. Pause at the midline and curl in.
• Joining from the baseline. After a b, the next letter starts from the midline, not the baseline. Dipping down first adds a bump that looks like an extra u.
• Closing the bottom into a circle. The bump of the b stays open at the top. If you close it, the letter reads as an l joined to an o.
• A fat loop. Keep the top loop narrow. A wide loop makes the b look clumsy and crowds the letter before it.
• Joining the capital B. The capital ends with its lower curve tucked beside the stem. Lift your pencil and start the next letter fresh.
• Uneven bumps. On the capital, the upper bump should be smaller than the lower one, with the little loop sitting right on the midline.

Joining the Cursive Lowercase b

The capital B in this style doesn't join. Its last curve ends next to the stem, so you lift your pencil and begin the next letter with its usual lead-in, as in Ben or Bella.

The cursive lowercase b is different. It joins on both sides: the stroke comes in from the baseline at the start and leaves from the midline at the end. That high exit is the key. In rabbit the double b shows it clearly, because the curl of the first b runs straight across and up into the loop of the second.

Joining into a b after a high-ending letter like o, w or v works the same way in reverse. The stroke leaves the o at the midline and rises straight into the tall loop, as in robot. In baby you get both joins in one short word.

Copy and Paste Cursive B Symbols

The symbols here are Unicode letters with a script look, not joined handwriting. Each one is a separate character, so they won't link together, but they paste into most apps, names and captions.

• ℬ𝒶𝒷𝓎Copy
• ℬ𝓁ℴℴ𝓂Copy
• ℬ𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓈ℯ𝒹Copy
• ℬℯ 𝒦𝒾𝓃𝒹Copy

Words That Start With B

Words with b are great practice because the letter after it always joins from the midline. Start short, then move on to words with a double b or a b in the middle.

• Short words: bed, bat, bus, big, box, bag, bee, bun
• Longer words: bird, baby, ball, bread, butter, button, beach, brown
• Double b and middle b: rabbit, bubble, cabin, table, robot, number, ribbon, hobby
• Names and places: Ben, Bella, Brian, Bianca, Boston, Brazil, Berlin, Bob

Practice the pair "be" again and again. The midline join from b into e is the one most people get wrong, and it shows up in words like best, been and before.