Learn capital B and lowercase b in cursive. Capital B has a straight stem and two bowls, and lowercase b is a tall loop that joins the next letter high at the midline.
These steps follow the traditional school letters shown above. Other handwriting systems may form B differently, so stay consistent with the style you are learning.
Capital B in cursive
Begin at the top line with a small hook and pull a straight slanted stem down to the baseline.
Return to the top and draw the upper bowl, curving in to meet the stem at the midline.
Draw a larger lower bowl down to the baseline and curve it back to close the letter.
Lowercase b in cursive
Sweep up from the baseline into a narrow loop that reaches the top line.
Come straight down through the loop to the baseline, then curve up to the midline.
Finish with a small tuck at the midline; the next letter joins from this high point.
Common mistakes with cursive B
Dropping the exit stroke to the baseline; lowercase b leaves from the midline.
Making the loop so wide that b starts to look like a lowercase l followed by e.
Making both capital bowls the same size, which makes the letter look top-heavy.
Common cursive b connections
ba
be
bi
bl
br
Words that start with B in cursive
blue
bird
book
better
Cursive B copy and paste
Click a character to copy it. These are Unicode characters, so they work in bios and messages but look different from the handwriting above. For a whole word, use the cursive generator.
Free cursive B worksheet
Trace the pair on each line, then write it yourself on the empty line below. Print it at full page size.
