ш

See also: щ, Ш, ש‎, and 山

ш U+0448, ш CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHA ← ч [U+0447] Cyrillic щ → [U+0449]

Translingual

Letter

ш (upper case Ш)

1. A letter in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Cyrillic letter Ш ш, normal above, italics below.

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  Handwritten forms

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Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʂ/, /ʃ/

Letter

ш • (š) (upper case Ш)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Bashkir alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф (xäref); А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Ҙ ҙ (Đ ð), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Ҡ ҡ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Ҫ ҫ (Θ θ), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (Ï ï), Ь ь (’ ’), Э э (E e), Ә ә (Ä ä), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Belarusian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂ]

Letter

ш • (š) (lower case, upper case Ш)

1. The 27th letter of the Belarusian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is ша (ša) and is similar in sound to English sh.

See also

• Previous letter: ч (č)
• Next letter: ы (y)
• Wikipedia article on the Belarusian alphabet

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

ш • (š) (upper case Ш)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i) (Ѝ ѝ (Ì ì)), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Št št), Ъ ъ (Ǎ ǎ), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	ш
Arabic	ش‎

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

ш • (ş) (lower case, upper case Ш)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ә ә (Ä ä), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (Ï ï), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Қ қ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (W w), Ұ ұ (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Ç ç), Ш ш (Ş ş), Щ щ (Şş şş), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (I ı), І і (İ i), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (É é), Ю ю (Yw yw), Я я (Ya ya)

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

ш • (š) (upper case Ш)

1. The thirty-first letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Ѓ ѓ (Ǵ ǵ), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), Ѕ ѕ (Dz dz), И и (I i), Ј ј (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), Љ љ (Lj lj), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Њ њ (Nj nj), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Ќ ќ (Ḱ ḱ), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Џ џ (Dž dž), Ш ш (Š š)

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Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

ш • (sh) (uppercase Ш) (italics: Ш, ш)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (I i), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (Kh kh), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Ch ch), Ш ш (Sh sh), Щ щ (Sh sh), Ъ ъ (I i), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (I i), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew ש‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂ]

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Letter

ш • (š) (lower case, upper case Ш)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is ша (ša) and is similar in sound to English sh. It is preceded by Ч (Č) and followed by Щ (Šč).

See also

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ~ʂ/

Letter

ш (lower case, upper case Ш)

1. The 30th and last letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is ш and is similar in sound to English sh

See also

• Previous letter: џ

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

ш • (š) (upper case Ш)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (H h), Ґ ґ (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Є є (Je je), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (Y y), І і (I i), Ї ї (Ji ji), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)