Cursive Cyrillic Clarification

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Hey everyone!

So I was just looking at some stuff and stumbled upon a few letters in cyrillic. Here's what's troubling.


Now... I'm going to assume that it says "желаний" (which if I'm right, means desires.. ) and I'm saying assume because I'm not used to seeing the "й" written as such.

Is this common amongst Russians? To write such a pronounced little "hat" on the "й"? Or is it simply poor penmenship?