All 33 letters of the Ukrainian alphabet in upper and lower case, each labeled with its name — including the four letters Ukrainian has that Russian lacks: Ґ, Є, І, and Ї. Click any letter to copy it, or grab a whole case set with one button.
All 33 capital letters in dictionary order. The apostrophe (’) seen in words like п’ять is a real part of Ukrainian spelling but is not counted as a letter of the alphabet.
The same 33 letters in lower case — Cyrillic lowercase letters are separate Unicode characters, not styled versions of the capitals.
Click any character to copy it, or use the section buttons to copy groups.
Ukrainian is written with a 33-letter version of the Cyrillic script, used by around 40 million speakers. Four of its letters do not exist in Russian — Ґ (ge), Є (ye), І (i), and Ї (yi) — and four Russian letters are absent in return: Ё, Ъ, Ы, and Э. The job Russian gives the hard sign is handled in Ukrainian by an apostrophe, as in п’ять (five) and м’ясо (meat), which is why the apostrophe appears constantly in Ukrainian text despite not being a letter. Another point of confusion for learners: Ukrainian И sounds like Russian Ы, while the plain 'ee' vowel is written І.
Every letter on this page comes from the Unicode Cyrillic block (U+0400–U+04FF). Most codepoints are shared across Cyrillic languages, but the distinctly Ukrainian set sits apart: Є is U+0404, І is U+0406, Ї is U+0407, and Ґ — added to Unicode in 1993 — is U+0490, with the lowercase forms in the U+0450s and at U+0491. Note that Cyrillic І is visually identical to the Latin letter I but is a different character entirely, so a pasted І will not match a Latin I in searches, usernames, or passwords. Copying from this chart guarantees you get the genuine Cyrillic codepoints.
The letter Ґ carries more history than any other character here. It writes the hard 'g' of loanwords like ґанок (porch) and ґрунт (soil), while the far more common Г is pronounced like an English 'h' — so Гарвард reads 'Harvard.' Soviet orthographic reform abolished Ґ in 1933, and it was only restored to the alphabet in 1990, just before independence; texts printed in between simply used Г for both sounds. The soft sign Ь, third from the end of the alphabet, makes no sound of its own and softens the consonant before it, as in день (day).
Both have 33 letters, but the sets differ. Ukrainian has four letters Russian lacks — Ґ, Є, І, and Ї — and does without four Russian letters: Ё, Ъ, Ы, and Э. Where Russian uses the hard sign, Ukrainian writes an apostrophe instead. Sounds also shift: Ukrainian Г is pronounced like 'h,' and И sounds like Russian Ы.
Yes on most platforms. Instagram, TikTok, Discord, X, and Telegram all accept Cyrillic in display names, bios, and posts, and the letters render correctly on any modern device. Some services restrict account handles to Latin characters — there the letters will paste but be rejected when you save. Everything on this page is standard Unicode from the Cyrillic block.
They look identical but are different Unicode characters: Cyrillic І is U+0406 while Latin I is U+0049. Text that mixes them appears normal yet behaves oddly — searches will not match and logins can fail. The same applies to lookalikes such as А, Е, О, and С. Copying from this page always gives you the genuine Cyrillic letters.
Ґ writes the hard 'g' sound in words like ґанок and ґрунт, while the ordinary Г sounds like English 'h.' The Soviet reform of 1933 removed Ґ from the alphabet, and it returned only in 1990. Because some fonts and older systems handled it poorly, always copy the real character (U+0490/U+0491) rather than substituting Г.
Use the free online Ukrainian keyboard linked below — it puts the full ЙЦУКЕН layout with Ґ, Є, І, and Ї in your browser, nothing to install. And if you just want your name written in Ukrainian, the Name in Ukrainian tool transliterates it automatically, sound by sound, so you don't have to guess at spellings.