Russian alphabet · letter 26 of 33 · The hissers

Ш ш

Name: ша · IPA: [ʂ] · Sounds like: sh, "sh" in shop

How to remember it: Three prongs of a fork in a diSH. Sounds "sh". Школа (school) = "shkola".

Example words

• школа shkola – school
• шапка shapka – hat
• хорошо khorosho – good

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