# Ь U+042C CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SOFT SIGN

Uppercase Cyrillic soft sign, looks like a lowercase b; silent letter that softens the preceding consonant in Russian, Ukrainian.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `Ь` |
| Codepoint | U+042C |
| Name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SOFT SIGN |
| Block | [Cyrillic](https://unicodekit.com/block/cyrillic) |
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Category | Uppercase Letter (Lu) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `Ь` `Ь` |
| CSS | `\42C` |
| JavaScript | `\u042C` |
| UTF-8 | D0 AC |
| UTF-16 | 042C |

## Related characters

- Ы [U+042B CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YERU](https://unicodekit.com/char/042B)
- Э [U+042D CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER E](https://unicodekit.com/char/042D)
- Ъ [U+042A CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER HARD SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/042A)
- Ю [U+042E CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YU](https://unicodekit.com/char/042E)
- Щ [U+0429 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHCHA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0429)
- Я [U+042F CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER YA](https://unicodekit.com/char/042F)
- Ш [U+0428 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0428)
- а [U+0430 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A](https://unicodekit.com/char/0430)
- Ч [U+0427 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER CHE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0427)
- б [U+0431 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER BE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0431)
- Ц [U+0426 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER TSE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0426)
- в [U+0432 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER VE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0432)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/042C · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/042C