How to type Cyrillic by sound
This keyboard starts on Russian - Mnemonic, a phonetic layout: each Russian letter is on the Latin key that sounds like it. а is A, б is B, д is D, р is R, ф is F.
Letters with no Latin twin take two keys, the way you would spell them in English: с then х gives ш, ц then х gives ч, й then а gives я and й then у gives ю. The first key waits for the second; press Space if you want it on its own.
The Layout menu switches to the standard layouts of Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Belarusian and Kazakh.
The Russian - Mnemonic layout puts each Russian letter on the Latin key that sounds like it.
The Cyrillic alphabet on the keyboard
| Letter | Unicode name | Key |
|---|---|---|
| а | a | A |
| б | be | B |
| в | ve | V |
| г | ghe | G |
| д | de | D |
| е | ie | E |
| ё | io | AltGr + ` then E |
| ж | zhe | X |
| з | ze | Z |
| и | i | I |
| й | short i | J |
| к | ka | K |
| л | el | L |
| м | em | M |
| н | en | N |
| о | o | O |
| п | pe | P |
| р | er | R |
| с | es | S |
| т | te | T |
| у | u | U |
| ф | ef | F |
| х | ha | H |
| ц | tse | C |
| ч | che | AltGr + ` then C |
| ш | sha | W |
| щ | shcha | AltGr + ` then W |
| ъ | hard sign | ` |
| ы | yeru | Y |
| ь | soft sign | ' |
| э | e | AltGr + ` then A |
| ю | yu | AltGr + ` then U |
| я | ya | Q |
Accent and AltGr keys
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| ¨ | dead key: AltGr + ` |
| й | dead key: J |
| Й | dead key: Shift + J |
| с | dead key: S |
| С | dead key: Shift + S |
| ц | dead key: C |
| Ц | dead key: Shift + C |
| ы | dead key: Y |
| Ы | dead key: Shift + Y |
| AltGr | ¨ ₽ ’ |
Layouts on this page
- Russian - Mnemonic (default)
- Russian
- Bulgarian (Phonetic)
- Serbian (Cyrillic)
- Ukrainian
- Macedonian (FYROM) - Standard
- Belarusian
- Kazakh
Questions
How many letters does the Cyrillic alphabet have?
33, per Unicode CLDR.
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Layout data: CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/ru-t-k0-windows-phonetic.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/ru-t-k0-windows.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/bg-t-k0-windows-qwerty.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/sr-t-k0-windows.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/uk-t-k0-windows.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/mk-t-k0-windows.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/be-t-k0-windows.xml; CLDR release-43 keyboards/windows/kk-t-k0-windows.xml. Letter list: CLDR release-43 (ru). Letter names: Unicode Character Database. What you type stays in your browser.