べき

See also: へき

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of べき – see the following entry.

【冪】H [noun] (mathematics) a power

(This term, べき (beki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as べき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as べき.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
可き (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べき [béꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [be̞kʲi]

Suffix

べき • (-beki) 

1. inflected form of べし

Usage notes

• Appended to the plain form of verbs.
• But するべき can be optionally contracted as すべき.

See also

• べきではない (beki de wa nai): should not, must not