ы Cyrillic Small Letter Yeru
U+044B
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ℹ️ About
The Cyrillic Small Letter Yeru (U+044B) represents the close central unrounded vowel [ɨ]. It is a distinct grapheme in Slavic languages like Russian and Belarusian. Historically a digraph of ‘ъ’ and ‘і’, it functions as a critical vowel in modern orthography and never appears at the beginning of native Russian words.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with bl (Latin ‘b’ + ‘l’) or U+04F9.
⚡ Codes
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\044B
Python
\u044B
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