En (Cyrillic)

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Cyrillic letter En
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Cyrillic alphabet
А Б В Г Ґ Ѓ Д
Ђ Е Ё Є Ж З Ѕ
И І Ї Й Ј К Ќ
Л Љ М Н Њ О П
Р С Т Ћ У Ў Ф
Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ъ
Ы Ь Э Ю Я    
Non-Slavic Letters
Ӑ Ә Ӕ Ҕ Ӗ Ғ Ӏ
Ӂ Җ Ӝ Ҙ Ӟ Ӡ Ӣ
Ӥ Ҡ Қ Ҟ Ҝ Ң Ҥ
Ө Ӧ Ҧ Ҫ Ҷ Ҹ Ӵ
Ҽ Ҿ Ҩ Ҳ Һ Ҭ Ҵ
Ӳ Ӯ Ү Ұ Ӱ    
Archaic letters
Ҁ Ѹ Ѡ Ѿ Ѻ Ѣ ІА
Ѥ Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ
Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ

En (Н, н) is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet. It represents the consonant /n/ unless followed by ь or any of the palatalizing vowels when it becomes /nʲ/. It looks exactly like the Latin capital letter H, but it is derived from the Greek letter nu (Ν, ν).

The letter I (И, и), which looks like a backwards N, derives from Η (eta) while the letter En (Н, н) derives from Greek Ν (nu) which looks like a backwards cyrillic И.