Short I
| Cyrillic letter Short I | |||||||
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| Cyrillic alphabet | |||||||
| А | Б | В | Г | Ґ | Ѓ | Д | |
| Ђ | Е | Ѐ | Ё | Є | Ж | З | |
| Ѕ | И | Ѝ | І | Ї | Й | Ј | |
| К | Ќ | Л | Љ | М | Н | Њ | |
| О | П | Р | С | Т | Ћ | У | |
| Ў | Ф | Х | Ц | Ч | Џ | Ш | |
| Щ | Ъ | Ы | Ь | Э | Ю | Я | |
| Non-Slavic letters | |||||||
| Ӑ | Ӓ | Ӕ | Ә | Ӛ | Ҕ | Ғ | |
| Ӻ | Ӷ | Ԁ | Ԃ | Ӗ | Ӂ | Җ | |
| Ӝ | Ԅ | Ҙ | Ӟ | Ԑ | Ӡ | Ԇ | |
| Ӣ | Ҋ | Ӥ | Қ | Ӄ | Ҡ | Ҟ | |
| Ҝ | Ԟ | Ԛ | Ӆ | Ԓ | Ԡ | Ԉ | |
| Ԕ | Ӎ | Ӊ | Ң | Ӈ | Ҥ | Ԣ | |
| Ԋ | Ӧ | Ө | Ӫ | Ҩ | Ҧ | Ҏ | |
| Ԗ | Ҫ | Ԍ | Ҭ | Ԏ | Ӯ | Ӱ | |
| Ӳ | Ү | Ұ | Ҳ | Ӽ | Ӿ | Һ | |
| Ҵ | Ҷ | Ӵ | Ӌ | Ҹ | Ҽ | Ҿ | |
| Ъ̀ | Ӹ | Ҍ | Ӭ | Ԙ | Ԝ | Ӏ | |
| Old letters | |||||||
| Ҁ | Ѻ | ОУ | Ѡ | Ѿ | Ꚇ | Ѣ | |
| Ꙗ | Ѥ | Ѧ | Ѫ | Ѩ | Ѭ | Ѯ | |
| Ѱ | Ѳ | Ѵ | Ѷ | Ꙟ | |||
| List of Cyrillic letters | |||||||
| Cyrillic digraphs | |||||||
Short I (Й, й), otherwise known as Iy (which sounds like [y]) or Yot, is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. It sounds like [j]. It is an И with a breve over its top.
Short I is used in the Russian alphabet, where it is called i kratkoye (и краткое), the Ukrainian alphabet, the Bulgarian alphabet, where it is called i kratko (и кратко), and the Belarusian alphabet.
In Serbian, Macedonian and Azeri, Ј is used instead of Й.
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