Russian letter Оо
Russian o: capital О, lowercase о. It stands for o as in "more". The capital takes 1 stroke and the lowercase takes 1 stroke. The model on this page is print style, the form used in textbooks and on road signs, drawn one stroke at a time.
о is simple to learn: it is a short letter that sits between the baseline and the midline.
Stroke by stroke
- Start on the dashed midline at the middle. Go all the way round in a closed oval and meet your starting point, ending on the dashed midline at the middle.
Look-alikes and pitfalls
о is simple to learn: it is a short letter that sits between the baseline and the midline.
In a word
окно (okno), window
Practice
Trace on screen first: press Trace it above and follow the grey letter. Then print the sheet and write the same letter on paper. Writing on paper is what builds the habit.
More about о
O is letter 16 of 33 in the alphabet, after en (Нн), before pe (Пп).
Оо is a vowel, and it makes up about 10.98% of the letters in Russian text, which puts it 1st out of 33 for frequency.
о is one of the ten Russian vowel letters. They come in pairs: а-я, э-е, ы-и, о-ё, у-ю. The second of each pair softens the consonant before it.
Questions about russian letter оо
How do you pronounce o?
O is o as in "more".
How do you write the capital О?
Start on the top line at the middle. Go all the way round in a closed oval and meet your starting point, ending on the top line at the middle.
How do you write lowercase о?
Start on the dashed midline at the middle. Go all the way round in a closed oval and meet your starting point, ending on the dashed midline at the middle.
What is a word that uses о?
окно (okno), window. The word is written below the letter on this page in the same stroke style.
Can I print a worksheet?
Yes. The worksheet maker takes Greek and Russian text as well as cursive and print, in three line sizes.