Russian / New shapes
Ээ
The letter “э”
/e/
Э э sounds like e, as in "met". A backwards C; it is not С, and not a Latin letter at all.
Where is Э on the keyboard?
On Russian Phonetic, э is on the key QWERTY prints as "'", right little finger. On ЙЦУКЕН it is on the key QWERTY prints as "'", right little finger. Both layouts put it on the same physical key, so this is one of the few letters you do not have to relearn when you switch.
Russian Phonetic
Ё
!1
"2
№3
;4
%5
:6
?7
*8
(9
)0
_-
+=
⌫
Tab
Я
Ш
Е
Р
Т
Ы
У
И
О
П
Ч
Щ
Ъ
Caps
А
С
Д
Ф
Г
Х
Й
К
Л
Ь
Э
⏎
Shift
З
Ж
Ц
В
Б
Н
М
<,
>.
Ю
Shift
Ctrl
⌘
Alt
Alt
⌘
≡
Ctrl
Russian (ЙЦУКЕН)
Ё
!1
"2
№3
;4
%5
:6
?7
*8
(9
)0
_-
+=
⌫
Tab
Й
Ц
У
К
Е
Н
Г
Ш
Щ
З
Х
Ъ
/\
Caps
Ф
Ы
В
А
П
Р
О
Л
Д
Ж
Э
⏎
Shift
Я
Ч
С
М
И
Т
Ь
Б
Ю
,.
Shift
Ctrl
⌘
Alt
Alt
⌘
≡
Ctrl
Words that use Э э
- это/eto/this, it
- этот/etot/this (masc.)
- поэтому/poetomu/therefore