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List Of Cyrillic Letters
This is a list of Letter (alphabet), letters of the Cyrillic script. The definition of a Cyrillic letter for this list is a character encoded in the Unicode, Unicode standard that a has Script (Unicode), script property of 'Cyrillic' and the Unicode character property#General category, general category of 'Letter'. An overview of the distribution of Cyrillic letters in Unicode is given in Cyrillic script in Unicode. Letters contained in the Russian alphabet Letters contained in the Russian alphabet. Letters unused in Russian Extensions Letters with diacritics Ligatures Position Cyrillic letters in alphabet Variants of Cyrillic script, Cyrillic are used by the writing systems of many languages, especially languages used in the former Soviet Union. The tables below list the Cyrillic letters in use in various modern languages and show the primary sounds they represent in them (see the articles on the specific languages for more detail). Letter forms with a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letter (alphabet)
A letter is a segmental symbol of a phonemic writing system. The inventory of all letters forms an alphabet. Letters broadly correspond to phonemes in the spoken form of the language, although there is rarely a consistent and exact correspondence between letters and phonemes. The word ''letter'', borrowed from Old French ''letre'', entered Middle English around 1200 AD, eventually displacing the Old English term ( bookstaff). ''Letter'' is descended from the Latin '' littera'', which may have descended from the Greek "διφθέρα" (, writing tablet), via Etruscan. Definition and usage A letter is a type of grapheme, which is a functional unit in a writing system: a letter (or group of letters) represents visually a phoneme (a unit of sound that can distinguish one word from another in a particular language). Letters are combined to form written words, just as phonemes are combined to form spoken words. A sequence of graphemes representing a phoneme is called a multigrap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ka (Cyrillic)
Ka (К к; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the voiceless velar plosive /k/, like the pronunciation of ⟨k⟩ in "king" or "kick". History The Cyrillic letter Ka was derived from the Greek letter Kappa (Κ κ). In the Early Cyrillic alphabet its name was (''kako''), meaning "as". In the Cyrillic numeral system, Ka had a value of 20. Form The Cyrillic letter Ka looks very similar, and corresponds to the Latin letter K. In many fonts, Cyrillic Ka is differentiated from its Latin and Greek counterparts by drawing one or both of its diagonal spurs with curved instead of straight. Also in some fonts the lowercase form of Ka has the vertical bar elongated above x-height, resembling the Latin lowercase k. Usage In Russian, the letter Ka represents the plain voiceless velar plosive or the palatalized one ; for example, the word ''короткий'' (''"short"'') contains both the kinds: . The palatalized variant is pronounced when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Che (Cyrillic)
Che, Cha or Chu (Ч ч; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate , like in "switch" or in "choice". In English, it is romanized most often as but sometimes as , like in French. In German, it can be transcribed as . In linguistics, it is transcribed as so "Tchaikovsky" (Чайковский in Russian) may be transcribed as ''Chaykovskiy'' or ''Čajkovskij''. History The name of Che in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was (''črĭvĭ''), meaning "worm". In the Cyrillic numeral system, Che had a value of 90. Usage Slavic languages In all Slavic languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet, except Russian, Che represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate . In Russian, Che usually represents the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate , like the Mandarin pronunciation of j in pinyin. However, in a few words, it is pronounced as , like in russian: лучше. In Russian, in a few words, it represents (like Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tse (Cyrillic)
Tse (Ц ц; italics: ), also known as Ce, is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the voiceless alveolar affricate , similar but not identical to the pronunciation of zz in "pizza" or ts in cats. In the standard Iron dialect of Ossetic, it represents the voiceless alveolar sibilant fricative /s/. In other dialects, including Digoron, it has the same value as in Russian. In English, Tse is commonly romanized as . However, in proper names (personal names, toponyms, etc.) and titles it may also be rendered as c (which signifies the sound in Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Polish, Hungarian etc.), z (which signifies the sound in Italian and German), cz or tz. Its equivalent in the modern Romanian Latin alphabet is ț. History Tse is thought to have come from the Hebrew letter Ṣade ⟨⟩, via the Glagolitic letter Tsi (Ⱌ). The name of Tse in the Early Cyrillic alphabet is (''tsi''). New Church Slavonic and Russian (archaic name) spelling of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kha (Cyrillic)
Kha or Ha (Х х; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It looks the same as the Latin letter X (X x ), in both uppercase and lowercase, both roman and italic forms, and was derived from the Greek letter Chi, which also bears a resemblance to both the Latin X and Kha. It commonly represents the voiceless velar fricative , similar to the correct pronunciation of in “loch”. Kha is romanised as for Russian, Ukrainian, Mongolian, and Tajik, and as for Belarusian, while being romanised as for Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Kazakh. It is also romanised as for Spanish. History The Cyrillic letter Kha was derived from the Greek letter Chi (Χ χ). The name of Kha in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was (''xěrŭ''). In the Cyrillic numeral system, Kha had a value of 600. Usage Russian Kha is the twenty-third letter of the Russian alphabet. It represents the voiceless velar fricative unless it is before a palatalizing vowel, when i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ef (Cyrillic)
Ef or Fe (Ф ф; italics: ) is a Cyrillic letter, commonly representing the voiceless labiodental fricative , like the pronunciation of in "fill, flee, or fall". The Cyrillic letter Ef is romanized as . In some languages it is known as Fe. History The Cyrillic letter Ef was derived from the Greek letter Phi (Φ φ). It merged with an eliminated letter Fita (Ѳ) in the Russian alphabet in 1918. The name of Ef in the Early Cyrillic alphabet is (''fr̥tŭ'' or ''frĭtŭ''), in later Church Slavonic and Russian form it became ''фертъ'' (''fert''). In the Cyrillic numeral system, Ef has a value of 500. Appearance The Slavic languages have almost no native words containing . This sound did not exist in Proto-Indo-European (PIE). It arose in Greek and Latin from PIE (which yielded Slavic ). In some instances in Latin, it represented historical th-fronting and derived from Proto-Indo-European . In the Germanic languages, the f sound arose from PIE , which remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U (Cyrillic)
U (У у; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the close back rounded vowel , somewhat like the pronunciation of in "boot" or rule. The forms of the Cyrillic letter U are similar to the lowercase of the Latin letter Y (Y y; ), but like most other Cyrillic letters, the upper and lowercase forms are similar in shape and differ mainly in size and vertical placement. History Historically, Cyrillic U evolved as a specifically East Slavic short form of the digraph used in ancient Slavic texts to represent . The digraph was itself a direct loan from the Greek alphabet, where the combination (omicron-upsilon) was also used to represent . Later, the o was removed, leaving the modern upsilon-only form. Consequently, the form of the letter is derived from Greek upsilon , which was parallelly also taken over into the Cyrillic alphabet in another form, as Izhitsa . (The letter Izhitsa was removed from the Russian alphabet in the orthog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te (Cyrillic)
Te (Т т; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the voiceless alveolar plosive , like the pronunciation of in "stop". Ligature ТЬ became ligature . History The Cyrillic letter Te was derived from the Greek letter Tau (Τ τ). The name of Te in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was (''tvrdo''), meaning "hard" or "surly". In the Cyrillic numeral system, Te has a value of 300. Form The capital Cyrillic letter Te (Т т) looks the same as the capital Latin letter T (T t) but, as with most Cyrillic letters, the lowercase form is simply a smaller version of the uppercase. In italic type and cursive, the lowercase form looks like the italic form of the lowercase Latin M , except in Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian usage where it looks like an inverted lowercase Latin M, with a stroke above to distinguish it from the otherwise identical italic lowercase letter Sha , which is sometimes written with a stroke below. Compare th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Es (Cyrillic)
Es (С с; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the voiceless alveolar fricative , like the pronunciation of in "sand". History The Cyrillic letter Es is derived from a variant of the Greek letter Sigma known as ''lunate sigma'' (Ϲ ϲ), in use in the Greek-speaking world in early medieval times. It has no connection to the Latin letter C (C c), which is a descendant of the Greek letter Gamma (Γ γ); however, many languages (for different reasons) apply the value of to the Latin letter C, especially before front vowels ''e'' and ''i'' (examples being English, French, Mexican Spanish); see hard and soft C. As its name suggests, Es is related to the Latin S. The name of Es in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was (''slovo''), meaning "word" or "speech". In the Cyrillic numeral system, Es had a value of 200. Form In the modern Latinized Cyrillic fonts in use today, the Cyrillic letter Es looks exactly like the Latin let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Er (Cyrillic)
Er (Р р; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the alveolar trill , like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation of in "curd". History The Cyrillic letter er was derived from the Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ). The name of er in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was (''rĭci''), meaning "speak". In the Cyrillic numeral system, er had a value of 100. Form The Cyrillic letter Er (Р р) looks similar to the Greek letter Rho (Ρ ρ), and the same as the Latin letter P ( П in Cyrillic). Usage As used in the alphabets of various languages, р represents the following sounds: * alveolar trill , like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation of in "curd" * palatalized alveolar trill The voiced alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar trills is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pe (Cyrillic)
Pe (П п; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the unaspirated voiceless bilabial plosive , like the pronunciation of in "spin". History The Cyrillic letter Pe was derived from the Greek letter Pi (Π π). The name of Pe in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was (''pokoi''), meaning "peaceful state". In the Cyrillic numeral system, Pe had a value of 80. Form The capital Cyrillic letter Pe looks exactly like the Greek capital Pi from which it is derived, and small Pe looks like a smaller version of the same, though with a less prominent horizontal bar (Greek Π π > Cyrillic П п). Pe is not to be confused with the Cyrillic letter El (Л л; italics: ), which has a hook on its left leg in some fonts (in others El resembles the Greek Lambda (Λ)). In italics and handwriting, capital Pe looks identical to the Greek capital Pi in these forms. The lowercase forms, however, differ among the languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet. Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O (Cyrillic)
O (О о; italics: ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. O commonly represents the close-mid back rounded vowel , like the pronunciation of in Scottish English "go". History The Cyrillic letter O was derived from the Greek letter Omicron (Ο ο). Form Modern fonts In modern-style typefaces, the Cyrillic letter O looks exactly like the Latin letter O and the Greek letter Omicron . Church Slavonic printed fonts and Slavonic manuscripts Historical typefaces (like ''poluustav'' (semi-uncial), a standard font style for the Church Slavonic typography) and old manuscripts represent several additional glyph variants of Cyrillic O, both for decorative and orthographic (sometimes also "hieroglyphic") purposes, namely: * broad variant (Ѻ/ѻ), used mostly as a word initial letter (see Broad On for more details); * narrow variant, being used now in Synodal Church Slavonic editions as the first element of digraph Oy/oy (see Uk (Cyrillic) for more details), and in the edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
