р

Character	р
Unicode name	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ER
Cyrillic	U+0440

See also: Appendix:Variations of "r"

Translingual

Cyrillic letter Р р (Р р), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Etymology

From early Cyrillic letter rĭci.

Letter

р (lower case, upper case Р)

1. Cyrillic small letter er

Related terms

• r (Latin alphabet)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: Р, р

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Russian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

р • (r) (lower case, upper case Р)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is эр (ɛr) and it has the trilled sound of a Spanish r.

See also

• Previous letter: п (p)
• Next letter: с (s)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

р (lower case, upper case Р)

1. The 20th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is р and it has the trilled sound of a Spanish r. Because it is a rolling r, it is sometimes considered a vowel.

See also

• Previous letter: п
• Next letter: с

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

р • (r) (lower case, upper case Р)

1. The 21st letter of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is эр (ɛr) and it has the trilled sound of a Spanish r.

See also

• Previous letter: п
• Next letter: с