ъ

твёрдый знак
твёрдый знак#Russian

Cyrillic script
Appendix:Cyrillic script#English

The twenty-eighth letter of the Russian alphabet, called твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak), and written in the Cyrillic script.


щ

The twenty-seventh letter of the Russian alphabet, called ща (šča), and written in the Cyrillic script.


й

и краткое
и краткое#Russian

The eleventh letter of the Russian alphabet, called и краткое (i kratkoje) or ий (ij), and written in the Cyrillic script.


ш

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Ⱎ (Š), then from Hebrew ש or Coptic ϣ (š).

The twenty-sixth letter of the Russian alphabet, called ша (ša), and written in the Cyrillic script. The letter sound is similar to English sh.


ы

Like many Cyrillic letters, originally the letter "y"/"yery" was formed from a ligature: "ꙑ", formed from "ъ" and "і" (formerly written either dotless or with two dots (see "ї")) or "и", whose former letterform resembled "н". In medieval manuscripts, it is almost always found as "ъі" or "ъи". Once the letters "ъ" and "ь" subsequently lost their values as vowels in the Slavic languages, the current simplified form "ы" evolved.

The twenty-ninth letter of the Russian alphabet, called ы (y) or еры (jery), and written in the Cyrillic script.


ь

мягкий знак
мягкий знак#Russian

The thirtieth letter of the Russian alphabet, called мягкий знак (mjaxkij znak), and written in the Cyrillic script.


б

The second letter of the Russian alphabet, called бэ (bɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


д

The fifth letter of the Russian alphabet, called дэ (dɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


п

The seventeenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called пэ (pɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


х

The twenty-second letter of the Russian alphabet, called ха (xa), and written in the Cyrillic script.


р

The eighteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эр (er), and written in the Cyrillic script.


ф

The twenty-second letter of the Russian alphabet, called эф (ef), and written in the Cyrillic script.


т

The twentieth letter of the Russian alphabet, called тэ (tɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


э

э оборотное
э оборотное#Russian

The thirty-first letter of the Russian alphabet, called э (e) or э оборотное (e oborotnoje), and written in the Cyrillic script.


з

The ninth letter of the Russian alphabet, called зэ (zɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


н

The fifteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эн (en), and written in the Cyrillic script.


г

The fourth letter of the Russian alphabet, called гэ (gɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


к

The twelfth letter of the Russian alphabet, called ка (ka), and written in the Cyrillic script.


ц

Supposedly borrowed from the Hebrew alphabet.

The twenty-fourth letter of the Russian alphabet, called цэ (cɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


ч

The twenty-fifth letter of the Russian alphabet, called че (če), and written in the Cyrillic script.


ж

The eighth letter of the Russian alphabet, called же (že) or жэ (žɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


м

The fourteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эм (em), and written in the Cyrillic script.


л

The thirteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эль (elʹ) or эл (el), and written in the Cyrillic script.


с

The nineteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эс (es), and written in the Cyrillic script.


в

Alternative form: (archaic) ѵ (v)

The third letter of the Russian alphabet, called вэ (vɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


е

The sixth letter of the Russian alphabet, called е (je), and written in the Cyrillic script.


ю

The thirty-second letter of the Russian alphabet, called ю (ju), and written in the Cyrillic script.


о

The sixteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called о (o), and written in the Cyrillic script.


и

From the early Cyrillic letter iže, from Greek Η (I, eta).

The tenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called и (i), and written in the Cyrillic script.


а

The first letter of the Russian alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script.


у

The twenty-first letter of the Russian alphabet, called у (u), and written in the Cyrillic script.


я

The thirty-third letter of the Russian alphabet, called я (ja), and written in the Cyrillic script.


ё

Stressed [ʲe] regularly developed into [ʲɵ] before hard consonants. The letter ё (jo) was later created to reflect this, the diaresis probably being inspired by the German diaeresis being used for umlaut, but is often ignored in print. Its first appearance in typography was in 1797.

The seventh letter of the Russian alphabet, called ё (jo), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Ц

The twenty-fourth letter of the Russian alphabet, called це (ce), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Р

The eighteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эр (er), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Й

и краткое
и краткое#Russian

The eleventh letter of the Russian alphabet, called и краткое (i kratkoje), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Н

The fifteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эн (en), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Т

The twentieth letter of the Russian alphabet, called тэ (tɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


П

The seventeenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called пэ (pɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Х

The twenty-third letter of the Russian alphabet, called ха (xa), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Д

The fifth letter of the Russian alphabet, called дэ (dɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Ф

The twenty-second letter of the Russian alphabet, called эф (ef), and written in the Cyrillic script.


К

The twelfth letter of the Russian alphabet, called ка (ka), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Е

The sixth letter of the Russian alphabet, called е (je), and written in the Cyrillic script.


С

The nineteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эс (es), and written in the Cyrillic script.


З

The ninth letter of the Russian alphabet, called зэ (zɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Ж

The eighth letter of the Russian alphabet, called же (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.


М

The fourteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эм (em), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Л

The thirteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called эль (elʹ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Г

The fourth letter of the Russian alphabet, called гэ (gɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Б

The second letter of the Russian alphabet, called бэ (bɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


В

The third letter of the Russian alphabet, called вэ (vɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.


А

The first letter of the Russian alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script.


і

и десятери́чное
и десятеричное#Russian

(obsolete) Letter dotted i (Cyrillic) (in Russian: и десятери́чное n (i desjateríčnoje, “i decimal”). Replaced by the letter И (I) in the spelling reform of 1917.


ѣ

(obsolete) Letter yat (in Russian: ять (jatʹ)).


Ч

The twenty-fifth letter of the Russian alphabet, called че (če), and written in the Cyrillic script.


ѳ

фита́ фита#Russian

ѳита́ ѳита#Russian

(obsolete) The letter fita (Russian фита́ (fitá)) or ѳита́ (fitá)). A consonantal letter intended to represent the Greek phoneme /θ/, which was approximated in Russian by /f/. Replaced by the letter ф (f) in the spelling reform of 1917.


Ѳ

(obsolete) Consonantal letter intended to represent the sound /θ/. Replaced by the letter Ф (F) in the spelling reform of 1917.


ѵ

и́жица ижица#Russian

(obsolete) A letter of the Russian alphabet, called и́жица (ížica), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Ꚉ

(lexicography) A phonetic symbol for the sound [d͜z]


Ѵ

ижица ижица#Russian

(obsolete) Cyrillic Letter izhitsa (Russian: ижица (ižica).


ѯ

(obsolete) A letter of the Russian alphabet, called кси (ksi), and written in the Cyrillic script.


Ԫ

(lexicography) A phonetic symbol for the sound [d͜ʒ]


Ꙡ

head

Ꙡ • (transliteration needed) (lower case ꙡ)

(Novgorod, 13th century) A collapse of the distinction between ц (ʦ) and ч (ʧ)


ꙡ

ꙡ • (transliteration needed) (upper case Ꙡ)