This is a list of letters of the Cyrillic script. The definition of a Cyrillic letter for this list is a character encoded in the Unicode standard that a has script property of 'Cyrillic' and the 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 in the Modern Russian alphabet АаБбВвГгДдЕеËëЖжЗзИиЙйКкЛлМмНнОоПпРрСсТтУуФфХхЦцЧчШшЩщЪъЫыЬьЭэЮюЯя
Other letters
+ Other lettersLetterNameLanguages/alphabetsNotesӘ әKazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Abkhaz◌ⷠԜ ԝKurdish, Yaghnobi, Tundra YukaghirᲀVariant of normal veԀ ԁKomi (1919–1940)ᲁVariant of normal deꙢ ꙣOld Church SlavonicЂ ђMontenegrin, SerbianԂ ԃKomi (1919–1940)Ꚁ ꚁAbkhaz (1909–1926)replaced by ДәЄ єUkrainian, KhantyԐ ԑEnets, KhantyЅ ѕMacedonianꙄ ꙅOld Church Slavonic, Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian variant of Ѕ Ꚅ ꚅAbkhaz (formerly)Ꙃ ꙃEarly Cyrillic alphabetas variant of, and replaced by ЅӠ ӡAbkhaz, UiltaꚂ ꚃAbkhaz (1909–1926)replaced by ӠәꙀ ꙁEarly Cyrillic alphabetas variant of, and replaced by ЗԄ ԅKomi (1919–1940)Ԇ ԇKomi (1919–1940)І іBelarusian, Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh, Khakas, Komi, RusynꙆ ꙇCyrillic transcription of GlagoliticЈ јSerbian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Kildin Sami, Azerbaijani (to 1991), Udmurt (to 1897), OrokꙈ ꙉSerbian recension of Church SlavonicReplaced by Ћ and ЂԈ ԉKomi (1919–1940)Ԛ ԛOld Abkhaz, KurdishᴫUralic Phonetic AlphabetꙤ ꙥOld Church SlavonicꙦ ꙧOld Church SlavonicᵸBezhta, Hunzib, GodoberiԊ ԋKomi (1919–1940)Ө ө ()Bashkir, Buryat, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Khanty, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Tuvan, Mongolian, Yakut, Azerbaijani (to 1991)Ꚛ ꚛOld Church SlavonicꙨ ꙩEarly Cyrillic (14th - 15th centuries)Ꙫ ꙫEarly CyrillicExoticꙮEarly Cyrillic Appearance changed in Unicode 15.0.Ex: серафими многоꙮчитїиѺ ѻEarly CyrillicVariant of OҀ ҁOld Church Slavonicnumerical usage only (Replaced by Ч)Ԍ ԍKomi (1919–1940)Ԏ ԏKomi (1919–1940) KhantyꚌ ꚍAbkhazreplaced by ТәЋ ћSerbianҮ ү ()Kazakh, Mongolian, Karakalpak, Tatar, Bashkir, Kyrgyz, DunganҺ һ/, ""Kazakh, Bashkir, Siberian Tatar, Sakha, KalmykꚔ ꚕAbkhazreplaced by ҲәѠ ѡEarly CyrillicѼ ѽSlavic languages (Historically)Ꙍ ꙍSlavic languages (Historically)Ꙡ ꙡOld Novgorodian birchbarkꚎ ꚏAbkhazreplaced by ЦәҼ ҽAbkhazЏ џSerbian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Abkhazian, RomanianꚖ ꚗAbkhazreplaced by ШәꙎ ꙏLate Medieval Russian transcriptionused when yers are indistinguishable from each otherѢ ѣEarly Cyrillic, Proto-Slavic, Russian (until 1918), Bulgarian (until 1945), Ukrainian (until 1945), Rusyn (until 1945, recurring in 1991)Ҩ ҩAbkhazꙔ ꙕEarly East Slavic, Early BulgarianӀ ӏAbaza, Adyghe, Avar, Chechen, Dargwa, Ingush, Kabardian, Lak, Lezgian, TabassaranѦ ѧCommon Slavonic, Early CyrillicꙘ ꙙCommon Slavonic, Early Cyrillic, Middle Bulgarian (as variant of little yus)Ѫ ѫCommon Slavonic, Early CyrillicꙚ ꙛMiddle BulgarianѮ ѯEarly Cyrillic, Church SlavonicRomanized Ks or XѰ ѱEarly CyrillicѲ ѳEarly Cyrilliccf. Greek Θ θѴ ѵUdmurt (to 1897), Abkhaz (to 1926), Russian (until 1918 in a few rare Greek words), Serbian (until the 19th century), Church SlavonicꙞ ꙟRomanian (Cyrillic)Оу оуEarly Cyrillic Lezgin, Dargin (Peter von Uslar's alphabets)
Letters with diacritics +Letters with diacritics.LetterNameLanguages/alphabetsА̀ а̀Bulgarian, Macedonian (not individual letter, used in Dialects)А̂ а̂Bulgarian, Serbian (not individual letter, used in Dialects), UdegeӐ ӑChuvash, KhantyӒ ӓHill Mari, Kildin Sami, Khanty, Serbian (not individual letter, used in Dialects)А̄ а̄Kildin Sami, Northern Mansi, Bulgarian (not individual letter, used in Dialects), Serbian (not individual letter, used in Dialects)А̃ а̃KhinalugА̊ а̊SelkupӒ̄ ӓ̄Kildin SamiӘ́ ә́Tatar (not individual letter)Ӛ ӛKhantyӘ̃ ә̃KhinalugБ҄ б҄Church SlavonicВ̌ в̌Shughni, WakhiВ҄ в҄Church SlavonicҐ ґUkrainian, Belarusian (i.e. Belarusian Classical Orthography), (not individual letter, formally), RusynГ̄ г̄Karelian (1820s)Г̌ г̌Shughni, WakhiГ̑ г̑AleutҒ ғKazakh, Uzbek, Bashkir, Tajik, Azerbaijani (to 1991)Ӻ ӻNivkhҒ̌ ғ̌ShughniГ̣ г̣Cyrillization of ArabicҔ ҕAbkhaz, YakutӶ ӷAbkhaz, AleutГ̧ г̧Karelian (1820's), Lezgian, Dargwa, Chechen (Uslar's orthographies)Г҄ г҄Church SlavonicД̆ д̆AleutД̣ д̣Cyrillization of Arabic, WakhiЃ ѓMacedonianЀ ѐMacedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Church SlavonicӖ ӗChuvashЁ̄ ё̄Northern MansiЕ̄ е̄Northern Mansi, Bulgarian, SerbianЕ̃ е̃KhinalugЄ̈ є̈KhantyӁ ӂMoldavianӜ ӝUdmurtҖ җDungan, Tatar, TurkmenꚄ̆ꚅ̆Abkhaz (formerly)З́ з́MontenegrinӞ ӟUdmurtҘ ҙBashkir, WakhiЗ̌ з̌Nganasan, ShughniЗ̱ з̠Cyrillization of ArabicЗ̣ з̣Cyrillization of ArabicԐ̈ ԑ̈KhantyЍ ѝBulgarian, Macedonian, SerbianҊ ҋKildin SamiӤ ӥUdmurt, RussianӢ ӣNorthern Mansi, Tajik, Bulgarian, SerbianИ̃ и̃Khinalug, GodoberiЇ їUkrainian, Rusyn, Church Slavonic (almost)Ї́ ї́Ukrainian, RusynӃ ӄAleut, Khanty, Abkhaz (formally)Ҟ ҟAbkhazҜ ҝAzerbaijani К҄ к҄Church SlavonicԞ ԟAleutҚ қAbkhaz, Kazakh, Khanty, WakhiҠ ҡBashkirК̣ к̣Cyrillization of ArabicԒ ԓChukchi, Khanty, ItelmenԠ ԡChuvash (1872)Ԯ ԯKhantyӅ ӆKildin SamiӍ ӎKildin SamiӇ ӈAleut, Kildin Sami, Khanty, Nenets, Northern MansiН҄ н҄Church SlavonicԢ ԣChuvash (1872), Udmurt (to 1897)Ԩ ԩOrokҢ ңDungan, Kazakh, Tatar, Turkmen, Bashkir, Khakasian, Khanty, Uzbek, KyrgyzӉ ӊKildin SamiО̀ о̀Bulgarian, Serbian, MacedonianО̄ о̄Carpatho-Rusyn, Northern MansiӦ ӧHill Mari, Meadow Mari, Khakas, Khanty, UdmurtО̆ о̆Itelmen, KhantyО̂ о̂Udege, Rusyn, BulgarianО̃ о̃KhinalugӦ̄ ӧ̄Ө́ ө́/Bashkir (not individual letter)Ӫ ӫ/KhantyӨ̄ ө̄/Negidal, Orok, SelkupӨ̆ ө̆/KhantyҦ ҧOld orthographies for AbkhazԤ ԥAbkhazР̌ р̌Nivkh, Polish (formerly)Ҏ ҏKildin SamiР҄ р҄Church SlavonicС́ с́MontenegrinҪ ҫ ()Bashkir, Chuvash, NganasanС̱ с̠Cyrillization of ArabicС̣ с̣Cyrillization of ArabicꚊ ꚋAbkhaz (1909–1926), Chuvash (1872)Т̌ т̌Chuvash (1872), Shughni, WakhiҬ ҭAbkhazТ̣ т̣Cyrillization of ArabicЌ ќMacedonianУ̀ у̀Bulgarian (not individual letter, used in Dialects)У́ у́Russian, Karachay-Balkar (formerly)Ӳ ӳChuvashЎ ўBelarusian, Dungan, Khanty, UzbekӰ ӱHill Mari, Meadow Mari, Khakas, Khanty, RusynӮ ӯCarpatho-Rusyn (not individual letter), Tajik, Northern MansiУ̃ у̃KhinalugУ̊ у̊U with ring aboveShughni, Lithuanian (1867)Ӱ́ ӱ́RusynҰ ұ//KazakhҮ́ ү́/Mongolian (not individual letter)Х̑ х̑AleutӼ ӽAleut, Nivkh, Itelmen, Khanty, Abkhaz (formerly)Х҄ х҄Church SlavonicӾ ӿNivkhҲ ҳAbkhaz, Khanty, Tajik, Uzbek, WakhiХ̱ х̠Cyrillization of ArabicХ̣ х̣Cyrillization of ArabicХ̮ х̮Cyrillization of ArabicԦ ԧAzerbaijani Cyrillic (1939–1991)Ӵ ӵUdmurtҸ ҹAzerbaijaniҶ ҷAbkhaz, Khanty, Tajik, WakhiҶ̣ ҷ̣WakhiӋ ӌKhakasҾ ҿAbkhazШ̆ ш̆Abkhaz language (Old)Ъ̀ ъ̀Bulgarian (not individual letter)Ꙑ ꙑOld Church Slavonic, now ЫЫ̆ ы̆Moksha (1923–1938), Mari (old)Ӹ ӹHill Mari, Northwestern MariЫ̄ ы̄Aleut (Bering dialect), Evenki, Northern Mansi, Nanai, Negidal, Ulch, SelkupЫ̂ ы̂Udege (formerly)Ы̃ ы̃Moksha (1890s)Ҍ ҍKildin SamiЭ̄ э̄Aleut (Bering dialect), Evenki, Northern Mansi, Nanai, Negidal, Orok, Ulch, Kildin Sami, Selkup, ChechenӬ ӭKildin SamiЭ̆ э̆Tundra NenetsӬ́ ӭ́Kildin SamiӬ̄ ӭ̄Kildin SamiЭ̇ э̇Tundra NenetsЮ̀ ю̀Bulgarian (not individual letter, used in Dialects)Ю̆ ю̆KhantyЮ̈ ю̈Selkup, Karelian (formerly)Ю̈́ ю̈́RusynЮ̄ ю̄Aleut (Bering dialect), Evenki, Northern Mansi, Nanai, Negidal, Orok, Ulch, Kildin Sami, Selkup, ChechenЮ̂ ю̂Udege (formerly)Я̀ я̀Bulgarian (not individual letter, used in dialectology)Я̆ я̆KhantyЯ̈ я̈SelkupЯ̄ я̄Kildin Sami, Udege (formerly), Northern MansiЯ̂ я̂Udege (formerly)Ѷ ѷ(New) Church Slavonic
Ligatures +LigaturesLetterNameDecompositionLanguages/alphabetsӔ ӕАЕOssetianԪ ԫДЖKomiꚄ ꚅЗЖAbkhazꚈ ꚉДЗAbkhaz (replaced by Ӡ), KomiЉ љЛЬMacedonian, Montenegrin, SerbianԔ ԕЛХEarly orthographies for Mordvin (Erzya and Moksha)Ҥ ҥНГAltay, Meadow Mari, YakutЊ њНЬMacedonian, Montenegrin, SerbianꚘ ꚙООEarly CyrillicꙬ ꙭꙨꙨEarly CyrillicԖ ԗРХEarly orthographies for Mordvin (Erzya and Moksha)Ꙋ ꙋОУ or ОѴOld Church SlavonicѾ ѿѠТOld Church SlavonicҴ ҵТЦAbkhazꚐ ꚑТСAbkhaz (to 1926), Avar (1889)Ԭ ԭДЧKomi (formerly)Ꚓ ꚓТЧAbkhaz (1909–1926)Ꚇ ꚇЧЧAbkhaz (to 1926) ЧШUdmurt (old)Ꙓ ꙓІѢOld Church SlavonicꙖ ꙗІАOld Church SlavonicԘ ԙЯЕEarly orthographies for Mordvin (Erzya and Moksha)Ѥ ѥІЄOld Church SlavonicѨ ѩІѦOld Church SlavonicꙜ ꙝІꙘOld Church Slavonic, Middle Bulgarian as variant of iotated little yusѬ ѭІѪOld Church Slavonic
Sound values
Variants of the Cyrillic script are used by the writing systems of many languages, especially languages used in the countries with the significant presence of Slavic peoples. 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 combined diacritic which are not considered separate letters in any language (notably vowels with accent marks which are sometimes used in some languages to indicate stress and/or tone) are excluded from the tables, with the exception of ѐ and ѝ. The highlighted letters are those of the basic (original) Cyrillic alphabet; archaic letters no longer in use in any language today are not listed.
European languages
+Usage of letters in various languages (Europe)Language familiesSlavic languagesOther Indo-EuropeanUralicCaucasianAlphabetrubeukruesrbgmkmoostgsjdmhrmrjudmkcayrkabkbdceА аӐ ӑ Ӓ ӓ Ә ә Ӛ ӛ Ӕ ӕ Б бВ вà 㥠ґ Ғ ғ Ӷ ӷ Ҕ ҕ Д дЂ ђ Ѓ ѓ Е еЀ ѐ Ё ё Ӗ ӗ Є є Ж жӁ ӂ Җ җ Ӝ ӝ З зЗ́ з́ Ҙ ҙ Ӟ ӟ Ӡ ӡ Ѕ ѕ И иЍ ѝ Ӥ ӥ Ӣ ӣ І і Ї ї Ӏ ӏ Й йҊ ҋ Ј ј К кҚ қ Ҟ ҟ Ҡ ҡ Ӄ ӄ Ҝ ҝ Л лӅ ӆ Љ љ М мӍ ӎ Н нӉ ӊ Ӈ ӈ Ҥ ҥ Њ њ О оӦ ӧ Ө ө Ӫ ӫ Ҩ ҩ П пԤ ԥ Р рҎ ҏ С сС́ с́ Ҫ ҫ Т тҬ ҭ Ћ ћ Ќ ќ У у; Ў ў Ӳ ӳ Ӱ ӱ Ӯ ӯ Ү ү Ұ ұ Ф фХ хҲ ҳ Һ һ Ц цҴ ҵ Ч чӴ ӵ Ҷ ҷ Ӌ ӌ Ҹ ҹ Ҽ ҽ Ҿ ҿ Џ џ Ш шЩ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ӹ ӹ Ь ьҌ ҍ Э э Ӭ ӭ Ю юЯ яAlphabetrubeukruesrbgmkmoostgsjdmhrmrjudmkcayrkabkbdce
Asian languages
+Usage of letters in various languages (Asia)Language familiesTurkic languagesTung.MongolicChin.AlphabetaztkkkkykrcbattaltkjhsahtyvuzugcvevnbuamnxaldngА а/ɑ//a//ɑ//a/, /æ//a//ɑ//a//ɑ//a~æ//ɑ//a//a, ɑ/Ӑ ӑ /ə/ Ӓ ӓ Ә ә/æ/ /æ/ /æ/ /æ//ɤ/Ӛ ӛ Ӕ ӕ Б б/b//b~p//b//w//b//p/В в/v//β/(/v/)/v//w//w/, /v/(/v/)/v/(/v/)/v/, /w//w/ (/v/)/ʋ//v/(/w~β/)/w̜//w/Г г/ɡ//ɡ~ʁ//ɡ//ɡ/, /ɣ//ɡ//ɡ/, /ɣ//ɡ//ɡ/, /ɢ//k/Ґ ґ Ѓ ѓ Ғ ғ/ɣ/ /ʁ/ /ɣ/ /ɣ/ /ɣ//ʁ/ Ӷ ӷ Ҕ ҕ /ɣ~ʁ/ Д д/d//d~t//d//t/Ђ ђ Е е/e//iɘ//je, e//e//e//e/, /je/, /jɤ//e//je, e/(/e/, /je/)/e, je//ɛ/, /jɛ//e//ɛ//je//ji~jo//je//iɛ/Ѐ ѐ Ё ё /jo/(/jo/)/jo//ø//jo/(/jo/)/jo/(/jo/)(/jɔ/) (/jo/)/jo//jɔ//iɔ/Ӗ ӗ /ɘ/ Ҽ ҽ Ҿ ҿ Є є Ж ж/ʒ//dʒ//dʒ/, /ʒ//ʒ/(/ʒ/)/ʒ//dʒ//ʒ//ʐ//ʒ//tʃ//ʐ/Ӂ ӂ Җ җ /dʒ/ /ʑ/ /dʒ/ /dʒ//tʂ, tɕ/Ӝ ӝ З з/z//ð//z/(/z/)/z//ts/З́ з́ Ҙ ҙ /ð/ Ӟ ӟ Ӡ ӡ Ѕ ѕ И и/i//ɪ//ɪ/, /ɯ//i//i, ei/Ѝ ѝ Ӥ ӥ Ӣ ӣ І і /ɘ/ /ɪ/ Ї ї Ӏ ӏ Й й/j//j/, /ȷ̃//j//i//j/Ҋ ҋ Ј ј/j/ /ɟ/ К к/c/ (/k/)/k~q//k//k~q//k//k/, /q//k//k~q//k/(/k/)/kʰ~x/(/k/)/kʰ/Қ қ /q/ /q/ Ҟ ҟ Ҡ ҡ /q/ Ӄ ӄ Ҝ ҝ/ɟ/ Л л/l//ɮ//l/Ӆ ӆ Љ љ М м/m/Ӎ ӎ Н н/n/Ӊ ӊ Ң ң /ŋ/ /ŋ/ /ŋ/ /ŋ/ /ŋ/ /ŋ/Ӈ ӈ /ŋ/ Ҥ ҥ /ŋ/ /ŋ/ Њ њ О о/o//uʊ//o//ɔ//o//ɔ/Ӧ ӧ /ø/ Ө ө/ø//yʉ//ø/ /ø/ /ø/ /ø/ /ø//o/ Ӫ ӫ Ҩ ҩ П п/p//p~pʰ//p/(/p/)(/pʰ/)/pʰ/Ԥ ԥ Р р/ɾ//r//ɾ//r//ɾ//r//ɾ//r//ɚ, r/Ҏ ҏ С с/s//θ//s/С́ с́ Ҫ ҫ /θ/ /ɕ/ Т т/t//t~tʰ//t//tʰ/Ҭ ҭ Ћ ћ Ќ ќ У у/u//w~ʊ~ʉ//u//u/, /w//u//ʊ//ɤu, u/Ў ў /w/ /o/ /u/Ӳ ӳ /y/ Ӱ ӱ /y/ Ӯ ӯ Ү ү/y//ʉ//y/ /y//y/, /w/ /y/ /ʏ/ /y//u//y/Ұ ұ /ʊ/ Ф ф/f//ɸ/(/f/)/f//ɸ/(/f/)/f~ɸ/(/f/)/f/(/f/)(/f~pʰ/)(/f/)/f/Х х/x~χ//h~x/(/x/)/h//x//χ//x/Ҳ ҳ /h/ Һ һ/h/ /h/ /h/ /h/ /h/ /h/ /h/ Ц ц (/ts/)(/t͡s/)(/ts/)/t͡s/(/ts/)/t͡s/(/ts/)(/t͡s/)(/ts/) (/ts/)/ts/(/ts/)/t͡sʰ/Ҵ ҵ Ч ч/tʃ/(/tɕ/)/tʃ//ɕ/(/tʃ/)/tʃ//c//tʃ//tɕ//tʃ/(/tʃ/)/tʃʰ//tʂʰ, tɕʰ/Ӵ ӵ Ҷ ҷ Ӌ ӌ /dʒ/ Ҹ ҹ/dʒ/ Џ џ Ш ш/ʃ/(/ʃ/)/ʃ//ʂ//ʃ//ʂ/Щ щ (/ʃtʃ/)(/ɕ/)/ʃtʃ, ʃː/(/ʃ/)/ɕ//ʃɕ/(/ʃtʃ/)/ɕː/(/ɕː/)(/ʃtʃ/) (/ɕː/, /ɕtɕ/)(/ʃtʃ/)/ɕ/Ъ ъ /ʲ//ʔ//ˤ/[ʔ] Ы ы/ɯ//ə//ɯ//ɨ//ɯ//ɤ//ɯ/ /ɯ//i//ʉ//i//ɪ, ɨə/Ӹ ӹ Ь ь /ʲ//ʔ//ʲ//ʲ/| /ʲ/Ҍ ҍ Э э /e/(/e/)/e//e/, /æ//e//e/, /ʔ/(/e/)/e//ɛ/ /e//ɛ//e//ɛ/Ӭ ӭ Ю ю /ju//jʉw/, /jʊw//ju, jy//y//ju//ju/, /jy/(/ju/)/ju/(/ju/)/ju//ju, jʊ//jʊ//iɤu/Я я /ja//jɑ//ja, jɑ//æ//ja//ja/, /jæ/(/jɑ/)/ja/(/ja/)(/jɑ/)(/ja/)/ja//ia, iɑ/Alphabetaztkkkkykrcbattaltkjhsahtyvuzugcvbuamnxalevndng