Russian Keyboard: key facts
- Script: Cyrillic, used across Russia & CIS.
- Writing direction: left to right.
- Layout: 46 keys, 46 base characters, 46 on Shift.
- Transliteration: 50 conversion rules built in.
- Variants: 3 (Standard, Phonétique, Translit).
- Native name: Русская клавиатура; speech synthesis locale: ru.
Russian Keyboard in detail
Type Russian with smart transliteration: “privet” becomes привет as you type, or click the virtual keyboard with Ё, Й and more. The Russian Keyboard (Русская клавиатура) covers the Cyrillic script as used across Russia & CIS. Text flows left to right in the editor, and every character below belongs to the authentic Cyrillic repertoire — no transliterated approximations once you use the virtual keys.
The smart transliteration engine converts Latin keystrokes into Cyrillic in real time using 50 hand-tuned rules: type the phonetic transcription and watch each syllable transform as you type.
The page ships 3 built-in variants — Standard (Official ЙЦУКЕН layout.); Phonétique (Type with English letters, get Cyrillic ('privet' → 'привет').); Translit (Common TRANSLIT mapping for SMS/chat style.) — switchable without reloading. Your text never leaves the browser: copy it to any app, export it, listen to it with the ru speech voice, or send it to Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Translate, DuckDuckGo.
Every key on the Russian Keyboard
The layout holds 46 character keys: 46 distinct base characters, 46 Shift variants. The table below maps each physical position to the characters it produces, so you can learn the layout or verify coverage of a rare letter before you start typing.
| Position | Base | Shift | AltGr |
|---|
| Row 1, key 2 | ё | Ё | — |
| Row 1, key 3 | 1 | ! | — |
| Row 1, key 4 | 2 | " | — |
| Row 1, key 5 | 3 | № | — |
| Row 1, key 6 | 4 | ; | — |
| Row 1, key 7 | 5 | % | — |
| Row 1, key 8 | 6 | : | — |
| Row 1, key 9 | 7 | ? | — |
| Row 1, key 10 | 8 | * | — |
| Row 1, key 11 | 9 | ( | — |
| Row 1, key 12 | 0 | ) | — |
| Row 1, key 13 | - | _ | — |
| Row 1, key 14 | = | + | — |
| Row 2, key 2 | й | Й | — |
| Row 2, key 3 | ц | Ц | — |
| Row 2, key 4 | у | У | — |
| Row 2, key 5 | к | К | — |
| Row 2, key 6 | е | Е | — |
| Row 2, key 7 | н | Н | — |
| Row 2, key 8 | г | Г | — |
| Row 2, key 9 | ш | Ш | — |
| Row 2, key 10 | щ | Щ | — |
| Row 2, key 11 | з | З | — |
| Row 2, key 12 | х | Х | — |
| Row 2, key 13 | ъ | Ъ | — |
| Row 3, key 2 | ф | Ф | — |
| Row 3, key 3 | ы | Ы | — |
| Row 3, key 4 | в | В | — |
| Row 3, key 5 | а | А | — |
| Row 3, key 6 | п | П | — |
| Row 3, key 7 | р | Р | — |
| Row 3, key 8 | о | О | — |
| Row 3, key 9 | л | Л | — |
| Row 3, key 10 | д | Д | — |
| Row 3, key 11 | ж | Ж | — |
| Row 3, key 12 | э | Э | — |
| Row 4, key 2 | я | Я | — |
| Row 4, key 3 | ч | Ч | — |
| Row 4, key 4 | с | С | — |
| Row 4, key 5 | м | М | — |
| Row 4, key 6 | и | И | — |
| Row 4, key 7 | т | Т | — |
| Row 4, key 8 | ь | Ь | — |
| Row 4, key 9 | б | Б | — |
| Row 4, key 10 | ю | Ю | — |
| Row 4, key 11 | / | . | — |
Complete transliteration table
The quick table higher up this page shows an excerpt. Below is the complete engine: all 50 mappings, longest match wins, applied left to right. Try « privet » → привет, « zdravstvuyte » → здравствуйте, « spasibo » → спасибо to feel how whole words collapse into script in a single gesture. Multi-character sequences always win over single letters, so digraphs and common words convert before their parts do.
| You type | You get |
|---|
| privet | привет |
| zdravstvuyte | здравствуйте |
| spasibo | спасибо |
| pozhalusta | пожалуйста |
| kak dela | как дела |
| horosho | хорошо |
| ploho | плохо |
| da | да |
| net | нет |
| ya | я |
| ty | ты |
| on | он |
| ona | она |
| lyubov | любовь |
| moskva | москва |
| rossiya | россия |
| shshch | щ |
| shch | щ |
| zhiv | жив |
| sch | щ |
| sh | ш |
| ch | ч |
| ts | ц |
| zh | ж |
| kh | х |
| f | ф |
| yu | ю |
| yo | ё |
| y | й |
| a | а |
| b | б |
| v | в |
| g | г |
| d | д |
| e | е |
| z | з |
| i | и |
| k | к |
| l | л |
| m | м |
| n | н |
| o | о |
| p | п |
| r | р |
| s | с |
| t | т |
| u | у |
| w | в |
| x | кс |
| j | ж |
Getting the most out of this keyboard
Start with the Standard variant if you are unsure: Official ЙЦУКЕН layout. You can switch variants mid-text without losing what you typed.
Cyrillic runs left to right, so mixing it with in-line Latin terms, brand names or URLs just works: the editor keeps each run in its own direction without manual markers.
For pronunciation, press the speaker button: the ru voice reads exactly what is in the editor, which makes this page a practical dictation and shadowing tool. Export the text first if you want to rehearse offline.
Preferred typefaces here are PT Serif, Noto Sans, PT Sans, Arial (fallback PT Sans). If a character shows as a box on your device, switch fonts in the toolbar — complex-script shaping varies between systems, especially on older phones.
Common words to try first
New to Cyrillic? These 16 conversions are the fastest way to trust the engine: type the left column exactly and confirm the right column appears. They cover greetings, frequent words and the trickiest letter combinations of the language.
| Type this | You get |
|---|
| privet | привет |
| zdravstvuyte | здравствуйте |
| spasibo | спасибо |
| pozhalusta | пожалуйста |
| kak dela | как дела |
| horosho | хорошо |
| ploho | плохо |
| net | нет |
| ona | она |
| lyubov | любовь |
| moskva | москва |
| rossiya | россия |
| shshch | щ |
| shch | щ |
| zhiv | жив |
| sch | щ |
Dictionaries and resources for Russian Keyboard
Below the keyboard, the resource hub gathers 11 hand-picked links for Russian Keyboard: 3 monolingual dictionaries (including Lexilogos — dictionnaire, OpenRussian — словарь, Wiktionary (ru)), 3 bilingual translators, 1 grammar and conjugation reference, 1 vocabulary and phrase guide, and 3 encyclopedias, newspapers and general resources. Type a word in the editor first and the links marked with an arrow receive it automatically — look up a definition, a conjugation or a translation without retyping.
Keep exploring
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