# ь U+044C CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SOFT SIGN

Lowercase Cyrillic soft sign, a silent b-like letter that softens (palatalizes) the preceding consonant in Russian, Ukrainian and other languages.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ь` |
| Codepoint | U+044C |
| Name | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SOFT SIGN |
| Block | [Cyrillic](https://unicodekit.com/block/cyrillic) |
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ь` `ь` |
| CSS | `\44C` |
| JavaScript | `\u044C` |
| UTF-8 | D1 8C |
| UTF-16 | 044C |

## Related characters

- ы [U+044B CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YERU](https://unicodekit.com/char/044B)
- э [U+044D CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER E](https://unicodekit.com/char/044D)
- ъ [U+044A CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER HARD SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/044A)
- ю [U+044E CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YU](https://unicodekit.com/char/044E)
- щ [U+0449 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHCHA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0449)
- я [U+044F CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YA](https://unicodekit.com/char/044F)
- ш [U+0448 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER SHA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0448)
- ѐ [U+0450 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IE WITH GRAVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0450)
- ч [U+0447 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER CHE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0447)
- ё [U+0451 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER IO](https://unicodekit.com/char/0451)
- ц [U+0446 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER TSE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0446)
- ђ [U+0452 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DJE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0452)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/044C · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/044C