En (Cyrillic)

En (Н н; italics: Н н ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.

It commonly represents the dental nasal consonant, like the pronunciation of $⟨n⟩$ in "neat".

History
The Cyrillic letter En was derived from the Greek letter Nu (Ν ν).

The name of En in the Early Cyrillic alphabet was (našĭ), meaning "ours".

Form
The capital Cyrillic letter En looks exactly the same as the capital H|Latin letter H but, as with most Cyrillic letters, the lowercase form is simply a smaller version of the uppercase. Rather than from the Greek letter Eta, from which Latin H originated, the Cyrillic letter En $⟨Н⟩$ was derived from the Greek letter Nu. By exception, the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet used N and ɴ, instead of Н and н. The confusion between the two characters forms part of the plot of the Agatha Christie novel Murder on the Orient Express. It is possible that the reason En has a horizontal bar, like H, instead of a diagonal line, is to avoid confusion with the letter И, which looks similar to Nu.

Utilization
The letter "N" is one of the symbols of the movement of supporters of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

Related letters and other similar characters

 * Ν ν : Ν|Greek letter Nu
 * N n : N|Latin letter N
 * Њ њ : Њ|Cyrillic letter Nje
 * Η η : Η|Greek letter Eta
 * H h : H|Latin letter H
 * ʜ : ʜ|Latin letter small capital H