Comprehensive Unicode Test Page for
OCS Cyrillic
This page tests the Cyrillic letters used for Old Slavonic and Church Slavonic (also referred to as Old Church Slavonic or OCS).
It is part of the Gallery of Unicode Fonts and is based on the following sources:
We also provide two other Cyrillic test pages:
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Warning: There doesn't seem to be a definitive standard for how to represent OCS Cyrillic in Unicode. I've put together this test page using the information I found, but there are sure to be many gaps and goofs. As always, your feedback is appreciated.
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Codepoints added with Unicode version 4.1.0 are shown with a yellow background.
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| Old Church Slavonic Letters | |||||||
| letter | alternate codepoints |
related codepoints |
Notes | ||||
| az | а | А | |||||
| U+0430 | U+0410 | ||||||
| buky | б | Б | |||||
| U+0431 | U+0411 | ||||||
| vedi/vede | в | В | |||||
| U+0432 | U+0412 | ||||||
| glogoli | г | Г | ѓ | Ѓ | |||
| U+0433 | U+0413 | U+0453 | U+0403 | ||||
| dobro | д | Д | |||||
| U+0434 | U+0414 | ||||||
| jest/yest | є | Є | е | Е | э | Э | Some implementations/applications use U+0454/404 (noted as "Old Cyrillic yest" in the Unicode Standard) while others use U+0435/415. Some fonts use U+044D/42D for a reversed/mirrored jest/yest. |
| U+0454 | U+0404 | U+0435 | U+0415 | U+044D | U+042D | ||
| zhivete | ж | Ж | |||||
| U+0436 | U+0416 | ||||||
| zelo | ѕ | Ѕ | ҙ | Ҙ | Some fonts use U+0455/405 for the S-shaped varient and U+0499/498 for the Z-with-tail variant. | ||
| U+0455 | U+0405 | U+0499 | U+0498 | ||||
| zemlja / zemlya |
з | З | ӡ | Ӡ | Some fonts use U+0437/417 for the 3-shaped varient and U+04E1/4E0 for the Z-with-tail variant. | ||
| U+0437 | U+0417 | U+04E1 | U+04E0 | ||||
| izhe (octal-i) |
и | И | й | Й | Some fonts represent both U+0439 and U+0419 (short i) with glyphs that looks like a small Greek iota. | ||
| U+0438 | U+0418 | U+0439 | U+0419 | ||||
| i (decimal-i) |
ї | Ї | і | І | |||
| U+0457 | U+0407 | U+0456 | U+0406 | ||||
| gherv/derv | ћ | Ћ | |||||
| U+045B | U+040B | ||||||
| kako | к | К | ќ | Ќ | |||
| U+043A | U+041A | U+045C | U+040C | ||||
| ljudije | л | Л | |||||
| U+043B | U+041B | ||||||
| myslite | м | М | |||||
| U+043C | U+041C | ||||||
| nash | н | Н | |||||
| U+043D | U+041D | ||||||
| on / narrow o |
о | О | |||||
| U+043E | U+041E | ||||||
| on / wide o |
ѻ | Ѻ | |||||
| U+047B | U+047A | ||||||
| pokoj | п | П | |||||
| U+043F | U+041F | ||||||
| koppa | ҁ | Ҁ | |||||
| U+0481 | U+0480 | ||||||
| rci/rcy | р | Р | |||||
| U+0440 | U+0420 | ||||||
| slovo | с | С | |||||
| U+0441 | U+0421 | ||||||
| tverdo | т | Т | |||||
| U+0442 | U+0422 | ||||||
| uk | ѹ | Ѹ | оу | ОУ | Some fonts use U+0479 for the 8-shaped uk ligature, U+0478 for the y-above-o uk ligature, and U+043E U+443 / U+041E U+0423 for the 'oy' looking uk. | ||
| U+0479 | U+0478 | U+043E U+0443 |
U+041E U+0423 |
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| fert | ф | Ф | |||||
| U+0444 | U+0424 | ||||||
| xer | х | Х | |||||
| U+0445 | U+0425 | ||||||
| ot | ѡ | Ѡ | ѽ | Ѽ | |||
| U+0461 | U+0460 | U+047D | U+047C | ||||
| tverdo ot | ѿ | Ѿ | |||||
| U+047F | U+047E | ||||||
| ci | ц | Ц | |||||
| U+0446 | U+0426 | ||||||
| cherv | ч | Ч | |||||
| U+0447 | U+0427 | ||||||
| sha | ш | Ш | |||||
| U+0448 | U+0428 | ||||||
| shta | щ | Щ | |||||
| U+0449 | U+0429 | ||||||
| big jer | ъ | Ъ | |||||
| U+044A | U+042A | ||||||
| jery | ы | Ы | |||||
| U+044B | U+042B | ||||||
| little jer | ь | Ь | |||||
| U+044C | U+042C | ||||||
| jat/yat | ѣ | Ѣ | |||||
| U+0463 | U+0462 | ||||||
| ju | ю | Ю | |||||
| U+044E | U+042E | ||||||
| ja / iotified az |
я | Я | ја | ЈА | Some implementations/applications use U+044F/042F while others use U+0458 U+0430 / U+0408 U+0410. | ||
| U+044F | U+042F | U+0458 U+0430 |
U+0408 U+0410 |
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| je | ѥ | Ѥ | |||||
| U+0465 | U+0464 | ||||||
| little yus | ѧ | Ѧ | |||||
| U+0467 | U+0466 | ||||||
| iotified little yus |
ѩ | Ѩ | |||||
| U+0469 | U+0468 | ||||||
| big yus | ѫ | Ѫ | |||||
| U+046B | U+046A | ||||||
| iotified big yus |
ѭ | Ѭ | |||||
| U+046D | U+046C | ||||||
| ksi | ѯ | Ѯ | |||||
| U+046F | U+046E | ||||||
| psi | ѱ | Ѱ | |||||
| U+0471 | U+0470 | ||||||
| fita | ѳ | Ѳ | |||||
| U+0473 | U+0472 | ||||||
| izhitsa / izhica |
ѵ | Ѵ | ѷ | Ѷ | |||
| U+0475 | U+0474 | U+0477 | U+0476 | ||||
Diacritic Tests
| zvatel'tse / psili pneumata |
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| U+0486: COMBINING CYRILLIC PSILI PNEUMATA (smooth breathing) |
а҆А҆і҆І҆ѹ҆Ѹ҆ѣ҆Ѣ҆ѩ҆Ѩ҆ | |
oxia |
iso (oxia+zvatel'tse) |
|
| U+0301: COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT |
а́А́і́І́ѹ́Ѹ́ѣ́Ѣ́ѩ́Ѩ́ | а҆́А҆́і҆́І҆́ѹ҆́Ѹ҆́ѣ҆́Ѣ҆́ѩ҆́Ѩ҆́ |
varia |
apostrof (varia+zvatel'tse) |
|
| U+0300: COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT |
а̀А̀і̀І̀ѹ̀Ѹ̀ѣ̀Ѣ̀ѩ̀Ѩ̀ | а҆̀А҆̀і҆̀І҆̀ѹ҆̀Ѹ҆̀ѣ҆̀Ѣ҆̀ѩ҆̀Ѩ҆̀ |
kamora |
zvatel'tse + kamora |
|
| U+0484: COMBINING CYRILLIC PALATALIZATION |
а҄А҄і҄І҄ѹ҄Ѹ҄ѣ҄Ѣ҄ѩ҄Ѩ҄ | а҆҄А҆҄і҆҄І҆҄ѹ҆҄Ѹ҆҄ѣ҆҄Ѣ҆҄ѩ҆҄Ѩ҆҄ |
titlo |
||
| U+0483: COMBINING CYRILLIC TITLO |
а҃А҃і҃І҃ѹ҃Ѹ҃ѣ҃Ѣ҃ѩ҃Ѩ҃ | |
| various other diacritics |
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| dasy pneuma (rough breathing) U+0485: COMBINING CYRILLIC DASIA PNEUMATA |
ѡ҅Ѡ҅ | |
| trema U+0308: COMBINING DIAERESIS |
ѵ̈Ѵ̈ | |
| paerok U+033E: COMBINING VERTICAL TILDE |
б̾Б̾д̾Д̾ж̾Ж̾ѯ̾Ѯ̾ѱ̾Ѱ̾ | |
| kratkaja U+0306: COMBINING BREVE |
ѵ̆Ѵ̆ | |
| Punctuation and Other Marks |
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| udivitel'nyj (functions like an English exclamation point) U+0021: EXCLAMATION MARK |
! | |
| vmjestitel'nyj (function like English parentheses) U+0028: LEFT PARENTHESIS and U+0029: RIGHT PARENTHESIS -or- U+005B: LEFT SQUARE BRACKET and U+005D: RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET |
( ) | [ ] |
| (asterisk) U+002A: ASTERISK |
* | |
| (plus sign) U+002B: PLUS SIGN |
+ | |
| zapjataja (functions like an English comma) U+002C: COMMA |
, | |
| (dash) U+002D: HYPHEN-MINUS -or- U+2010: HYPHEN |
- | ‐ |
| tochka (functions like an English period) U+002E: FULL STOP |
. | |
| ano teleia (functions as a word separator) U+0387: GREEK ANO TELEIA -or- U+00B7: MIDDLE DOT |
· | · |
| dvoetochie (functions like an English colon or semicolon) U+003A: COLON -or- U+0589: ARMENIAN FULL STOP |
: | ։ |
| voprositel'nyj (functions like an English question mark) U+003B: SEMICOLON -or- U+037E: GREEK QUESTION MARK |
; | ; |
| (ornament) U+205D: TRICOLON |
⁝ | |
| kavyka (footnote symbol) U+02D8: SPACING BREVE |
˘ | |
| (symbol used in some newer service books to indicate the division of phrases in hymns, it may be doubled to indicate the final phrases of hymns) U+002F: SOLIDUS |
/ | // |
| (3 points right, looks something like ":·") U+10FB: GEORGIAN PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR |
჻ | |
| (3 points left, looks something like "·:") U+2056: THREE DOT PUNCTUATION |
⁖ | |
| (4 points, looks something like "·:·") U+2058: FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION |
⁘ | |
| (5 points, looks something like ":·:") U+2059: FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION |
⁙ | |
| (kome mark, looks something like "·:·" superimposed on an "X") U+203B: REFERENCE MARK |
※ | |
| (ornament, looks something like "::" superimposed on a "+") U+205C: DOTTED CROSS |
⁜ | |
| (ornament) U+2609: SUN |
☉ | |
| Sample Numbers |
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| value | Church Slavonic | Old Slavonic | marks used |
| 1 | ·а҃· | ·а҃· | U+0483: COMBINING CYRILLIC TITLO and optional dots on either side |
| 10 | ·ї҃· | ·і҃· | |
| 100 | ·р҃· | ·р҃· | |
| 1,000 | ·҂а҃· | ·҂а҃· | U+0482: CYRILLIC THOUSANDS SIGN |
| 10,000 | ·҂ї҃· | а⃝ | U+20DD: COMBINING ENCLOSING CIRCLE |
| 100,000 | ·҂р҃· | а҈ | U+0488: COMBINING CYRILLIC HUNDRED THOUSANDS SIGN |
| 1,000,000 | ·҂҂а҃· | а҉ | U+0489: COMBINING CYRILLIC MILLIONS SIGN |
| 10,000,000 | ·҂҂ї҃· | not in the Unicode Standard |
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| 100,000,000 | ·҂҂р҃· | ||
| 1,000,000,000 | ·҂҂҂а҃· | ||
| 10,000,000,000 | ·҂҂҂ї҃· | not applicable |
|
| 100,000,000,000 | ·҂҂҂р҃· | ||
| etc. | etc. | ||
| value | Church Slavonic | Old Slavonic | marks used |
This page was updated on 2006-09-27