Online Cyrillic keyboard
Type Latin letters below and they turn into Russian as you go: privet becomes привет. Or tap the keys and hear how each of the 33 letters actually sounds.
Tap a key to insert the letter and hear its sound. The small label under each key is what you type to get it.
How the typing works
Every Russian letter has a Latin spelling, so you can stay on your own keyboard. Single letters map directly (a to а, m to м, r to р). The sounds English writes with two letters use the same pairs here:
| You type | You get | Sounds like |
|---|---|---|
| zh | ж | s in "pleasure" |
| ch | ч | ch in "check" |
| sh | ш | sh in "shop" |
| shch | щ | a longer, softer sh (sh then ch) |
| kh | х | ch in Scottish "loch" |
| c | ц | ts in "cats" |
| yo | ё | yo in "yogurt" |
| yu | ю | u in "use" |
| ya | я | ya in "yard" |
| eh | э | e in "end" |
| y | ы | i in "bit", said deeper |
| j | й | y in "boy" |
| ' | ь | soft sign, softens the letter before it |
| '' | ъ | hard sign, a tiny pause |
Reading it is the real skill
A keyboard converts for you. Russio teaches you to read Cyrillic yourself in a few short lessons, then keeps every letter and word in your memory with reviews timed to when you would forget. The alphabet and all of A1 are free.