Й

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See also: й, ӣ, и, Ӣ, and И

Й U+0419, Й
CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHORT I
Composition:И [U+0418] + ◌̆ [U+0306]
И
Cyrillic К

Translingual

Letter

Й (lower case й)

  1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Bashkir

Pronunciation

Letter

Й (Y) (lower case й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Letter

Й (J) (upper case, lower case й)

  1. The tenth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called и кратко (i kratko), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used to replace Ѝ (Ì), including in more formal contexts such as the news. Possibly due to typesetting reasons.

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ي
Cyrillic Й
Latin İ
Yañalif I

Pronunciation

Letter

Й (İ) (upper case, lower case й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

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Mongolian

Pronunciation

Letter

Й (J) (upper case, lower case й) (italics: Й, й)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called хагас и (xagas i) or хагас й (xagas j), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Russian

Letter

Й (J) (upper case, lower case й)

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

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Tajik

Letter

Й (Y) (upper case, lower case й)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, called йе (ye), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Letter

Й (J) (upper case, lower case й)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called йе (je), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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