Russian / The false friends
Хх
The letter “ха”
/kh/
Х х sounds like kh, as in the Scottish "loch". Looks like the Latin X. It is not: Х is a breathy "kh", as in the Scottish "loch", never "ks".
Where is Х on the keyboard?
On Russian Phonetic, х is on the key QWERTY prints as "h", right index finger. On ЙЦУКЕН it is on the key QWERTY prints as "[", right little finger. Two different physical keys for one letter, which is why moving between the two layouts is its own skill rather than a detail.
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 Х х
- хорошо/khorosho/well, good
- хлеб/khleb/bread
- плохой/plokhoy/bad