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Church Slavic Alphabet (Cyrillic)
The letters and characters of Church Slavic written in the Cyrillic script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them.
Standard characters
The minimal set of characters required for Church Slavic — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page. The Fonts column counts how many fonts include each letter, in the same order as the letters and codepoints; an accented form under a letter gets its own codepoint and count line beneath it.
| Letter | Name | Codepoints | Fontsper letter, in order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Аа | A | U+0410 · U+0430 | 2,034 / 1,987 |
| Бб | Be | U+0411 · U+0431 | 2,019 / 1,951 |
| Вв | Ve | U+0412 · U+0432 | 2,034 / 1,951 |
| Гг | Ghe | U+0413 · U+0433 | 2,023 / 1,956 |
| Дд | De | U+0414 · U+0434 | 2,006 / 1,953 |
| Ее | Ie | U+0415 · U+0435 | 2,035 / 1,976 |
| Єє | Ukrainian Ie | U+0404 · U+0454 | 1,810 / 1,748 |
| Жж | Zhe | U+0416 · U+0436 | 2,010 / 1,948 |
| Ѕѕ | Dze | U+0405 · U+0455 | 1,770 / 1,738 |
| Зз | Ze | U+0417 · U+0437 | 2,024 / 1,953 |
| Ꙁꙁ | Zemlya | U+A640 · U+A641 | 43 / 43 |
| Ии Йй | I | U+0418 · U+0438 U+0419 · U+0439 | 2,018 / 1,963 1,994 / 1,942 |
| Іі Її | Byelorussian-Ukrainian I | U+0406 · U+0456 U+0407 · U+0457 | 1,805 / 1,767 1,805 / 1,769 |
| Кк | Ka | U+041A · U+043A | 2,021 / 1,951 |
| Лл | El | U+041B · U+043B | 2,013 / 1,953 |
| Мм | Em | U+041C · U+043C | 2,021 / 1,943 |
| Нн | En | U+041D · U+043D | 2,025 / 1,958 |
| Ѻѻ | Round Omega | U+047A · U+047B | 324 / 324 |
| Оо | O | U+041E · U+043E | 2,026 / 1,986 |
| Пп | Pe | U+041F · U+043F | 2,038 / 1,966 |
| Рр | Er | U+0420 · U+0440 | 2,027 / 1,974 |
| Сс | Es | U+0421 · U+0441 | 2,027 / 1,977 |
| Тт | Te | U+0422 · U+0442 | 2,024 / 1,956 |
| Уу | U | U+0423 · U+0443 | 2,015 / 1,967 |
| Ꙋꙋ | Monograph Uk | U+A64A · U+A64B | 38 / 38 |
| Фф | Ef | U+0424 · U+0444 | 2,006 / 1,944 |
| Хх | Ha | U+0425 · U+0445 | 2,019 / 1,965 |
| Ѡѡ | Omega | U+0460 · U+0461 | 450 / 448 |
| Ѿѿ | Ot | U+047E · U+047F | 345 / 345 |
| Ꙍꙍ | Broad Omega | U+A64C · U+A64D | 48 / 44 |
| Ѽѽ | Omega With Titlo | U+047C · U+047D | 344 / 344 |
| Цц | Tse | U+0426 · U+0446 | 1,991 / 1,939 |
| Чч | Che | U+0427 · U+0447 | 2,005 / 1,939 |
| Шш | Sha | U+0428 · U+0448 | 1,999 / 1,945 |
| Щщ | Shcha | U+0429 · U+0449 | 1,986 / 1,929 |
| Ъъ | Hard Sign | U+042A · U+044A | 1,987 / 1,928 |
| Ыы | Yeru | U+042B · U+044B | 1,990 / 1,929 |
| Ьь | Soft Sign | U+042C · U+044C | 1,995 / 1,935 |
| Ѣѣ | Yat | U+0462 · U+0463 | 883 / 851 |
| Юю | Yu | U+042E · U+044E | 1,990 / 1,932 |
| Ѫѫ | Big Yus | U+046A · U+046B | 476 / 468 |
| Ꙗꙗ | Iotified A | U+A656 · U+A657 | 60 / 60 |
| Ѧѧ | Little Yus | U+0466 · U+0467 | 346 / 346 |
| Ѯѯ | Ksi | U+046E · U+046F | 361 / 362 |
| Ѱѱ | Psi | U+0470 · U+0471 | 438 / 430 |
| Ѳѳ | Fita | U+0472 · U+0473 | 904 / 848 |
| Ѵѵ Ѷѷ | Izhitsa | U+0474 · U+0475 U+0476 · U+0477 | 782 / 757 439 / 438 |
Also in the standard set:
Additional Characters
Used for foreign words, names and technical terms, and older forms of the language.
Punctuation characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.
Where Church Slavic (Cyrillic) is read
Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Church Slavic in the Cyrillic script.
Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).
| Country | Estimated readers | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 0 | 0% |
Church Slavic (Cyrillic) — facts
| Font coverage | 12 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 72 standard characters; 2 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026. |
|---|---|
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Unicode blocks | Basic Latin, Cyrillic, General Punctuation, Cyrillic Extended-A, Supplemental Punctuation, Cyrillic Extended-B, Combining Half Marks |
Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.