| Letter |
Handwriting |
Name |
Old name |
IPA |
English example |
№ |
Unicode(Hex) |
| Аа |
 |
а
[a] |
азъ
[as] |
/a/ |
father |
1 |
U+0410 / U+0430 |
| Бб |
 |
бэ
[bɛ] |
буки
[ˈbukʲɪ] |
/b/or/bʲ/ |
bit |
– |
U+0411 / U+0431 |
| Вв |
 |
вэ
[vɛ] |
вѣди
[ˈvʲedʲɪ] |
/v/or/vʲ/ |
vine |
2 |
U+0412 / U+0432 |
| Гг |
 |
гэ
[ɡɛ] |
глаголь
[ɡlɐˈɡolʲ] |
/ɡ/ |
go |
3 |
U+0413 / U+0433 |
| Дд |
 |
дэ
[dɛ] |
добро
[dɐˈbro] |
/d/or/dʲ/ |
do |
4 |
U+0414 / U+0434 |
| Ее |
 |
е
[je] |
есть
[jesʲtʲ] |
/je/or/ ʲe/ |
yet |
5 |
U+0415 / U+0435 |
| Ёё |
 |
ё
[jo] |
– |
/jo/or/ ʲo/ |
yolk |
– |
U+0401 / U+0451 |
| Жж |
 |
жэ
[ʐɛ] |
живѣте
[ʐɨˈvʲetʲɪ][1] |
/ʐ/ |
pleasure |
– |
U+0416 / U+0436 |
| Зз |
 |
зэ
[zɛ] |
земля
[zʲɪˈmlʲa] |
/z/or/zʲ/ |
zoo |
7 |
U+0417 / U+0437 |
| Ии |
 |
и
[i] |
иже
[ˈiʐɨ] |
/i/ or/ ʲi/ |
me |
8 |
U+0418 / U+0438 |
| Йй |
 |
и краткое
[i ˈkratkəjə] |
и съ краткой
[ɪ s ˈkratkəj] |
/j/ |
yes |
– |
U+0419 / U+0439 |
| Кк |
 |
ка
[ka] |
како
[ˈkakə] |
/k/or/kʲ/ |
kitten |
20 |
U+041A / U+043A |
| Лл |
 |
эл or эль
[eɫ] or[elʲ] |
люди
[ˈlʲʉdʲɪ] |
/ɫ/or/lʲ/ |
lamp |
30 |
U+041B / U+043B |
| Мм |
 |
эм
[ɛm] |
мыслѣте
[mɨˈsʲlʲetʲɪ][2] |
/m/or/mʲ/ |
map |
40 |
U+041C / U+043C |
| Нн |
 |
эн
[ɛn] |
нашъ
[naʂ] |
/n/or/nʲ/ |
not |
50 |
U+041D / U+043D |
| Оо |
 |
o
[o] |
онъ
[on] |
/o/ |
more |
70 |
U+041E / U+043E |
| Пп |
 |
пэ
[pɛ] |
покой
[pɐˈkoj] |
/p/or/pʲ/ |
pet (but unaspirated) |
80 |
U+041F / U+043F |
| Рр |
 |
эр
[ɛr] |
рцы
[rtsɨ] |
/r/or/rʲ/ |
rolled r |
100 |
U+0420 / U+0440 |
| Сс |
 |
эс
[ɛs] |
слово
[ˈslovə] |
/s/or/sʲ/ |
see |
200 |
U+0421 / U+0441 |
| Тт |
 |
тэ
[tɛ] |
твердо
[ˈtvʲɛrdə] |
/t/or/tʲ/ |
tool |
300 |
U+0422 / U+0442 |
| Уу |
 |
у
[u] |
укъ
[uk] |
/u/ |
boot |
400 |
U+0423 / U+0443 |
| Фф |
 |
эф
[ɛf] |
фертъ
[fʲɛrt] |
/f/or/fʲ/ |
face |
500 |
U+0424 / U+0444 |
| Хх |
 |
ха
[xa] |
хѣръ
[xʲɛr] |
/x/ |
Ugh (voiceless velar fricative)
also as in Scottish loch |
600 |
U+0425 / U+0445 |
| Цц |
 |
це
[tsɛ] |
цы
[t͡sɨ] |
/t͡s/ |
sits |
900 |
U+0426 / U+0446 |
| Чч |
 |
че
[tɕe] |
червь
[t͡ɕɛrfʲ] |
/t͡ɕ/ |
chip |
90 |
U+0427 / U+0447 |
| Шш |
 |
ша
[ʂa] |
ша
[ʂa] |
/ʂ/ |
shut (voiceless retroflex fricative) |
– |
U+0428 / U+0448 |
| Щщ |
 |
ща
[ɕɕa] |
ща
[ɕt͡ɕa] |
/ɕɕ/ |
sheer (sometimes instead pronounced as with fresh
cheese) (a voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative) |
– |
U+0429 / U+0449 |
| Ъъ |
 |
твёрдый знак
[ˈtvʲordɨj znak] |
еръ
[jer] |
|
silent, prevents palatalization of the preceding
consonant |
– |
U+042A / U+044A |
| Ыы |
 |
ы
[ɨ] |
еры
[jɪˈrɨ] |
[ɨ] |
roses or silly (close central unrounded vowel) |
– |
U+042B / U+044B |
| Ьь |
 |
мягкий знак
[ˈmʲæxʲkʲɪj znak] |
ерь
[jerʲ] |
/ ʲ/ |
silent, slightly palatalises the preceding consonant |
– |
U+042C / U+044C |
| Ээ |
 |
э
[ɛ] |
э оборотное
[ˈɛ əbɐˈrotnəɪ] |
/e/ |
met |
– |
U+042D / U+044D |
| Юю |
 |
ю
[ju] |
ю
[ju] |
/ju/or/ ʲu/ |
use |
– |
U+042E / U+044E |
| Яя |
 |
я
[jæ] |
я
[jæ] |
/jæ/or/ ʲæ/ |
yap |
– |
U+042F / U+044F |
