Cyrillic (Unicode block)

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For a list of all Cyrillic characters encoded in Unicode, see Cyrillic script in Unicode.
Cyrillic
RangeU+0400..U+04FF
(256 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCyrillic (254 characters)
Inherited (2 characters)
Major alphabetsRussian
Ukrainian
Belarusian
Bulgarian
Serbian
Macedonian
Abkhaz
Assigned256 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Source standardsISO 8859-5
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)192 (+192)
1.0.1 (1992)188 (-4)
1.1 (1993)226 (+38)
3.0 (1999)238 (+12)
3.2 (2002)246 (+8)
4.1 (2005)248 (+2)
5.0 (2006)255 (+7)
5.1 (2008)256 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: Four characters (two upper and lower case letter pairs) were removed from the Cyrillic block in version 1.0.1 during the process of unifying with ISO 10646.

Cyrillic is a Unicode block containing the characters used to write the most widely used languages with a Cyrillic orthography. The core of the block is based on the ISO 8859-5 standard, with additions for minority languages and historic orthographies.

Block

Cyrillic
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+040x Ѐ Ё Ђ Ѓ Є Ѕ І Ї Ј Љ Њ Ћ Ќ Ѝ Ў Џ
U+041x А Б В Г Д Е Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П
U+042x Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
U+043x а б в г д е ж з и й к л м н о п
U+044x р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я
U+045x ѐ ё ђ ѓ є ѕ і ї ј љ њ ћ ќ ѝ ў џ
U+046x Ѡ ѡ Ѣ ѣ Ѥ ѥ Ѧ ѧ Ѩ ѩ Ѫ ѫ Ѭ ѭ Ѯ ѯ
U+047x Ѱ ѱ Ѳ ѳ Ѵ ѵ Ѷ ѷ Ѹ ѹ Ѻ ѻ Ѽ ѽ Ѿ ѿ
U+048x Ҁ ҁ ҂ ◌҃ ◌҄ ◌҅ ◌҆ ◌҇ ◌҈ ◌҉ Ҋ ҋ Ҍ ҍ Ҏ ҏ
U+049x Ґ ґ Ғ ғ Ҕ ҕ Җ җ Ҙ ҙ Қ қ Ҝ ҝ Ҟ ҟ
U+04Ax Ҡ ҡ Ң ң Ҥ ҥ Ҧ ҧ Ҩ ҩ Ҫ ҫ Ҭ ҭ Ү ү
U+04Bx Ұ ұ Ҳ ҳ Ҵ ҵ Ҷ ҷ Ҹ ҹ Һ һ Ҽ ҽ Ҿ ҿ
U+04Cx Ӏ Ӂ ӂ Ӄ ӄ Ӆ ӆ Ӈ ӈ Ӊ ӊ Ӌ ӌ Ӎ ӎ ӏ
U+04Dx Ӑ ӑ Ӓ ӓ Ӕ ӕ Ӗ ӗ Ә ә Ӛ ӛ Ӝ ӝ Ӟ ӟ
U+04Ex Ӡ ӡ Ӣ ӣ Ӥ ӥ Ӧ ӧ Ө ө Ӫ ӫ Ӭ ӭ Ӯ ӯ
U+04Fx Ӱ ӱ Ӳ ӳ Ӵ ӵ Ӷ ӷ Ӹ ӹ Ӻ ӻ Ӽ ӽ Ӿ ӿ
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Cyrillic block:

References

  1. ^ "Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. 1992-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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