Questions tagged [алфавит]

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When to use ∂ and when to use the g-type for little д?

I'm always unsure as to how to choose to write д in my handwriting. Can one arbitrarily choose between ∂ and the minuscule (little g-type) here shown? (I mean, sticking to one of them for the whole text, but is it otherwise arbitrary?)
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What is the stroke order for Cyrillic?

I've been trying to find the stroke order (the order in which components of a character are written, and in which direction your pen goes) (Wikipedia article, but only about Chinese characters) for Cyrillic, but I haven't yet found one. The only…
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What is the preferred form of Cyrillic to use for handwriting?

When writing Cyrillic by hand is it preferred to write in roman type italic type? For example, should I write г, г? д or д? и and й or и and й? т or т? Or should one use cursive to write? What type is normally written in handwriting in countries…
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What is the Russian Homophonic Group?

Equivalent question: What Russian letters won't equal 1? From: the homophonic group: a mathematical diversion --> This is an exercise from Michael Artin's Algebra on, well, abstract algebra. In this exercise for the English language, words are…
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Avoiding spelling ambiguity when writing in cursive - a, o

In Latin cursive, we differentiate lowercase a a from lowercase O with the stroke in the middle of O. However, this stroke does not exist in Russian cursive. I see that the right border of A is slanted and because of it the letter does not form a…
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Avoiding spelling ambiguity when writing in cursive - и, л, м, ш, ц, щ, ы

In Russian cursive, there is some ambiguity from the fact that several lowercase cursive letters consist (entirely or in part) of the Latin cursive letter i without the dot (or a half of the cursive letter u), namely и, л, м, ш, ц, щ, ы. As a…
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Difference between ь and ъ

What is the difference between ь and ъ? Why do Russians use these letters?
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