Ge (Cyrillic) facts for kids

Cyrillic letter Geh
Cyrillic alphabet
А	Б	В	Г	Ґ	Д	Ђ
Ѓ	Е	Ѐ	Ё	Є	Ж	З
Ѕ	И	Ѝ	І	Ї	Й	Ј
К	Л	Љ	М	Н	Њ	О
П	Р	С	Т	Ћ	Ќ	У
Ў	Ф	Х	Ц	Ч	Џ	Ш
Щ	Ъ	Ы	Ь	Э	Ю	Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ	Ӓ	Ә	Ӛ	Ӕ	Ғ	Ҕ
Ӻ	Ӷ	Ԁ	Ԃ	Ӗ	Ӂ	Җ
Ӝ	Ԅ	Ҙ	Ӟ	Ԑ	Ӡ	Ԇ
Ӣ	Ҋ	Ӥ	Қ	Ӄ	Ҡ	Ҟ
Ҝ	Ԟ	Ԛ	Ӆ	Ԓ	Ԡ	Ԉ
Ԕ	Ӎ	Ӊ	Ң	Ӈ	Ҥ	Ԣ
Ԋ	Ӧ	Ө	Ӫ	Ҩ	Ҧ	Ҏ
Ԗ	Ҫ	Ԍ	Ҭ	Ԏ	Ӯ	Ӱ
Ӳ	Ү	Ұ	Ҳ	Ӽ	Ӿ	Һ
Ҵ	Ҷ	Ӵ	Ӌ	Ҹ	Ҽ	Ҿ
Ӹ	Ҍ	Ӭ	Ԙ	Ԝ	Ӏ
Old letters
Ҁ	Ѻ	ОУ	Ѡ	Ѿ	Ѣ	Ꙗ
Ѥ	Ѧ	Ѫ	Ѩ	Ѭ	Ѯ	Ѱ
Ѳ	Ѵ	Ꙟ
List of Cyrillic letters
Cyrillic digraphs

Geh (Г, г) is the fourth letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It's like the letter "G" in English. You can find it in languages like Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and Bulgarian.

The Cyrillic Letter Geh

The letter Geh is an important part of the Cyrillic alphabet. This alphabet is used by many different languages, especially in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Geh helps form words and sounds in these languages.

Where it Comes From

The letter Geh has a long history! It comes from the ancient Greek letter called Gamma. If you look closely, you can see they look a bit similar. In old times, its name was glagoli. This letter is the equivalent of the Roman letter G that we use in English.

How it Sounds

The sound of Geh can be a little tricky because it can be pronounced in a couple of ways!

• In some languages, like Russian, it sounds like the "g" in "go" or "game". This is called a hard "g" sound.
• In other languages, like Ukrainian or Belarusian, it can sound more like the "h" in "hello". This is a softer sound.

Where it's Used

Geh is a common letter in many languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet. For example, in Russian, you'll see it in words like "город" (gorod), which means "city". In Ukrainian, it's used in words like "Україна" (Ukrayina), which is the name of the country.

Related pages

• G
• Gamma (letter)
• Ge with upturn
• Gje

Images for kids

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  Г in: Russian/Serbian normal font; Bulgarian Cyrillic; Russian/Bulgarian italic; Serbian italic

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  Bohdan Khmelnytsky, a famous leader from Ukraine in the 1600s.

See also

A friendly robot

In Spanish: Г para niños