Summary

Description

Venn diagram of Greek, Latin and Russian Cyrillic upper case graphemes

The intersections with the Latin alphabet are used for Greek and Russian licence plates:
Licence plates in Greece use the letters Α, Β, Ε, Ζ, Η, Ι, Κ, Μ, Ν, Ο, Ρ, Τ, Υ, Χ.
Licence plates in Russia use the letters А, В, Е, К, М, Н, О, Р, С, Т, У, Х.

Inclusive versus exclusive

This other file is as exclusive as possible.
It even shows Greek Υ seperately as $\Upsilon$ .

This diagram uses the typeface Ubuntu. The forms of Л, Д У and Y this typeface actually uses can be seen in the two files below.

The typical forms of Л and Д are shown on the left, those used in the diagram on the right.	Cyrillic У and Greek or Latin Y can both be represented by the grapheme in the middle, which is used in this diagram.	Cyrillic Л like Greek Λ	This Russian graffiti uses the same letter shapes as the diagram.
	У on Russian licence plates

===Y / У

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They are different in most printed text, but can be represented in the same way. In handwritten blockletters they usually look the same.
Cyrillic У is in the Russian licence plates, because in countries that do not use the Cyrillic alphabet it will be read as Y.
Cyrillic У always has two strokes, and often a rounded bottom end. Y is usually symmetric when printed.

Asymmetric Latin Y: serif, sans, sans, graffiti Asymmetric Greek Y: graffiti, graffiti Cyrillic У without rounded end: sans, sans Symmetric Cyrillic У: serif, sans

Λ / Л

Cyrillic Л looks like Greek Λ in some typefaces - e.g. in the inscription on Lenin's Mausoleum. In handwritten blockletters this form is common or even prevailing.

K / К

They are slightly different in many typefaces. The Cyrillic К often has a rounded upper arm, and usually looks like half a Ж.

Date

2011

Source

Own work

Author

Watchduck
You can name the author as "T. Piesk", "Tilman Piesk" or "Watchduck".

Permission
(Reusing this file)

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