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ъ U+044A, ъ
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER HARD SIGN
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Cyrillic ы
A distinctive glyph is used for Bulgarian. It resembles the handwritten form in Russian.

Translingual

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Letter

ъ (upper case Ъ)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called hard sign.

Letter

ъ (upper case Ъ)

  1. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called back yer or yeru.

Abaza

Letter

ъ (ʔ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The sixty-sixth letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Adyghe

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The fifty-ninth letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Aghul

Letter

ъ (ʔ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The forty-seventh letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Alutor

Letter

ъ (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Avar

Letter

ъ (ʔ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Bashkir

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Letter

ъ (ǎ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called ер голям (er goljam), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Buryat

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chechen

Letter

ъ (ʔ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chukchi

Letter

ъ (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chuvash

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Crimean Tatar

Letter

ъ (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dargwa

Letter

ъ (ʾ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dungan

Letter

ъ (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Eastern Mari

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Even

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Evenki

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ingush

Letter

ъ (ʔ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Itelmen

Letter

ъ (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The forty-second letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kabardian

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The fifty-third letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kalmyk

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic n/a
Cyrillic ъ
Latin n/a
Yañalif ʼ

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Khakas

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kumyk

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kyrgyz

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called ажыратуу белгиси (ajıratuu belgisi), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Lezgi

Letter

ъ (ʾ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The fortieth letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Mongolian

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called хатуугийн тэмдэг (xatuugiin temdeg), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

Due to its rarity, the hard sign ъ is sometimes replaced by the more common soft sign ь (ʹ).

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Nivkh

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Northern Mansi

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Old Novgorodian

Letter

ъ (ŭ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. A letter of the Old Novgorodian alphabet, written in the Old Cyrillic script.
    • c. 1025‒1050, Берестяная грамота № 591 [Birchbark letter no. 591]‎, Novgorod:
      а б в г д е ж ꙃ ꙁ [м] л н о п р с т оу ф х ц ч ш ъ ѣ ѫ ѭ у ѧ
      a b v g d e ž dz z l n o p r s t u f x ć ć š ŭ jě ǫ jǫ u ję
    • c. 1180‒1200, Берестяная грамота № 460 [Birchbark letter no. 460]‎, Novgorod:
      а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и ї к л м н о п р с т уо ѳ х ѡ ц ч ш щ ъ ѣ ѫ ю у ѧ
      a b v g d e ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u θ x o ć ć š ść ŭ jě ǫ ju u ję
    • c. 1200‒1220, Берестяная грамота № 778 [Birchbark letter no. 778]‎, Novgorod:
      а б в г д е ж ꙃ ꙁ и ї к л м н о п р с т оу ф х ѿ ц ч ш ъ ѣ ѫ ѫ ю ѧ
      a b v g d e ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x otŭ ć ć š ŭ jě ǫ ǫ ju ję
    • c. 1240‒1260, Onfim, Берестяная грамота № 199 [Birchbark letter no. 199]‎, Novgorod:
      а б в г д ¦ е ж ꙅ ꙁ и и к л м н о п р с т у ѳ х ѿ ц ч ш щ ъ ꙑ [ь] ѣ ꙋ ю ѫ ѧ …
      a b v g d ¦ e ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u θ x otŭ ć ć š ść ŭ y [ĭ] jě u ju ǫ ję …
    • c. 1240‒1260, Onfim, Берестяная грамота № 201 [Birchbark letter no. 201]‎, Novgorod:
      а б : в г : д е : ж ꙅ : ꙁ и : і к : л м : н о : п р : с т : у ѳ х ѿ : ц ч : ш щ : ъ ꙑ : ь ѣ : ꙋ ю : ѫ ѧ : …
      a b : v g : d e : ž dz : z i : i k : l m : n o : p r : s t : u θ x otŭ : ć ć : š ść : ŭ y : ĭ jě : u ju : ǫ ję : …
    • c. 1240‒1260, Onfim, Берестяная грамота № 205 [Birchbark letter no. 205]‎, Novgorod:
      а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и і к л м н о п р с т у ѳ х отъ ц ч ш щ ъ ꙑ ь ѣ ꙋ ю ѫ ѧ
      a b v g d e ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u θ x otŭ ć ć š ść ŭ y ĭ jě u ju ǫ ję
    • c. 1340‒1360, Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 25 [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 25]‎, Staraya Russa:
      а б в г … н о - - - т у ѳ х [ѿ] … [ъ] - [ь] ѣ ѫ - …
      a b v g … n o - - - t u θ x [otŭ] … [ŭ] - [ĭ] jě ǫ - …
    • c. 1380‒1400, Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 24 [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 24]‎, Staraya Russa:
      а б в г д е ж [ꙅ] ꙁ и і к л м н о п р с т у ф х [ѿ] ѡ ц ч ш щ ъ ꙑ ь ѣ ѧ
      a b v g d e ž z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x [otŭ] o ć ć š ść ŭ y ĭ jě ję

Ossetian

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

Only used in Russian borrowings.

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Russian

Pronunciation

This letter has no pronunciation of its own. It instead functions as a graphic sign.

Letter

ъ (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Russian alphabet, called твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

The hard sign has no sound of its own, but modifies that of the preceding consonant by causing it to be pronounced unpalatalized (i.e. hard). Some writers use an apostrophe instead of ъ (e.g. съезд (sʺjezd)с'езд (s’ezd)) which is considered non-standard or obsolete.

Before the 1918 spelling reform, ъ also appeared after every final consonant except й (e.g. грѣхъ (grěx, sin, fault)), or after words like въ (v, in, to) and съ (s, with) that are nowadays spelled as only a single consonant. After the 1918 spelling reform, when the usage of ъ was heavily reduced, some typewriters did not have the letter at all, forcing people to use an apostrophe.

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Southern Altai

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tabasaran

Letter

ъ (ʾ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tajik

Letter

ъ (ʾ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tatar

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tundra Nenets

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tuvan

Letter

ъ (ʺ) (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Udmurt

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Uzbek

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Western Mari

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Yakut

Letter

ъ () (lower case, upper case Ъ)

  1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Yakut alphabet, called кытаанах бэлиэ (kıtaanaq belie), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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