Cyrillic Characters | HTML Entity & Character Reference

Entities Cyrillic Characters

Cyrillic characters are used by numerous languages across Eastern Europe and northern and central Asia. Unicode provides code points for the Cyrillic alphabet and its additional letters, allowing these characters to be displayed directly in modern HTML documents.

Unlike many Latin and Greek characters, most Cyrillic letters do not have commonly used named HTML character references. They can be entered directly in a UTF-8 document or represented using decimal or hexadecimal numeric character references.

Uppercase Cyrillic Characters

The following table lists the uppercase letters of the basic Cyrillic alphabet with their Unicode decimal and hexadecimal character references.

Character	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
А	`А`	`А`	Capital A
Б	`Б`	`Б`	Capital Be
В	`В`	`В`	Capital Ve
Г	`Г`	`Г`	Capital Ghe
Д	`Д`	`Д`	Capital De
Е	`Е`	`Е`	Capital Ie
Ж	`Ж`	`Ж`	Capital Zhe
З	`З`	`З`	Capital Ze
И	`И`	`И`	Capital I
Й	`Й`	`Й`	Capital Short I
К	`К`	`К`	Capital Ka
Л	`Л`	`Л`	Capital El
М	`М`	`М`	Capital Em
Н	`Н`	`Н`	Capital En
О	`О`	`О`	Capital O
П	`П`	`П`	Capital Pe
Р	`Р`	`Р`	Capital Er
С	`С`	`С`	Capital Es
Т	`Т`	`Т`	Capital Te
У	`У`	`У`	Capital U
Ф	`Ф`	`Ф`	Capital Ef
Х	`Х`	`Х`	Capital Ha
Ц	`Ц`	`Ц`	Capital Tse
Ч	`Ч`	`Ч`	Capital Che
Ш	`Ш`	`Ш`	Capital Sha
Щ	`Щ`	`Щ`	Capital Shcha
Ъ	`Ъ`	`Ъ`	Capital Hard Sign
Ы	`Ы`	`Ы`	Capital Yeru
Ь	`Ь`	`Ь`	Capital Soft Sign
Э	`Э`	`Э`	Capital E
Ю	`Ю`	`Ю`	Capital Yu
Я	`Я`	`Я`	Capital Ya

Lowercase Cyrillic Characters

The following table lists the lowercase letters of the basic Cyrillic alphabet.

Character	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
а	`а`	`а`	Small a
б	`б`	`б`	Small be
в	`в`	`в`	Small ve
г	`г`	`г`	Small ghe
д	`д`	`д`	Small de
е	`е`	`е`	Small ie
ж	`ж`	`ж`	Small zhe
з	`з`	`з`	Small ze
и	`и`	`и`	Small i
й	`й`	`й`	Small short i
к	`к`	`к`	Small ka
л	`л`	`л`	Small el
м	`м`	`м`	Small em
н	`н`	`н`	Small en
о	`о`	`о`	Small o
п	`п`	`п`	Small pe
р	`р`	`р`	Small er
с	`с`	`с`	Small es
т	`т`	`т`	Small te
у	`у`	`у`	Small u
ф	`ф`	`ф`	Small ef
х	`х`	`х`	Small ha
ц	`ц`	`ц`	Small tse
ч	`ч`	`ч`	Small che
ш	`ш`	`ш`	Small sha
щ	`щ`	`щ`	Small shcha
ъ	`ъ`	`ъ`	Small hard sign
ы	`ы`	`ы`	Small yeru
ь	`ь`	`ь`	Small soft sign
э	`э`	`э`	Small e
ю	`ю`	`ю`	Small yu
я	`я`	`я`	Small ya

Additional Cyrillic Characters

The Cyrillic Unicode block also includes additional letters used by languages that extend the basic Cyrillic alphabet. The following are several commonly encountered examples.

Character	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Description
Ё	`Ё`	`Ё`	Capital Io
ё	`ё`	`ё`	Small io
Є	`Є`	`Є`	Capital Ukrainian Ie
є	`є`	`є`	Small Ukrainian ie
І	`І`	`І`	Capital Byelorussian-Ukrainian I
і	`і`	`і`	Small Byelorussian-Ukrainian i
Ї	`Ї`	`Ї`	Capital Yi
ї	`ї`	`ї`	Small yi
Ґ	`Ґ`	`Ґ`	Capital Ghe with upturn
ґ	`ґ`	`ґ`	Small ghe with upturn

Using Cyrillic Characters in HTML

With UTF-8 encoding, Cyrillic text can be written directly in the HTML source. Numeric character references can also be used when individual characters need to be represented by their Unicode code points.

<p>&#1055;&#1088;&#1080;&#1074;&#1077;&#1090;</p>
<p>&#x41C;&#x438;&#x440;</p>

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