Zhe with breve

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Cyrillic letter
Zhe with breve
Cyrillic letter Zhe with Breve.svg
Phonetic usage:[d͡ʒ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АБВГҐДЂ
ЃЕЀЁЄЖЗ
З́ЅИЍЙІЇ
ЈКЛЉМНЊ
ОŌПРСС́Т
ЋЌУӮЎФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЫ
ЬЭЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
А́ӐА̄А̊А̃Ӓ
Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃Ӛ
ҒГ̑ҔӺ
ӶД̆ӖЕ̄Е̃Ё̄
Є̈ӁҖӜҘӞ
ԐԐ̈ӠӢИ̃
ҊӤҚӃҠҞ
ҜԚӅԮԒӍ
ӉҢԨӇҤ
О̆О̃ӦӨӨ̄
ӪҨԤР̌Ҏ
ҪҬУ̃
ӰӲҮҮ́Ұ
Х̑ҲӼӾҺ
ԦҴҶӴӋҸ
ҼҾЫ̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆
Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈
Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈ԜӀ
Archaic letters
ҀѺ
ОУѠѼѾ
ѢѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶԘ
ԀԔԖԠԢ
Ҧ
ԂԄԈԊԌ
ԎԆԞ
ԪԬГ̧Г̄

Zhe with breve (Ӂ ӂ; italics: Ӂ ӂ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, created by Soviet linguists for the cyrillization of non-Slavic languages. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe (Ж ж Ж ж).

Zhe with breve is or has been used in the alphabets of the following languages:

Language Pronunciation Notes
Gagauz (1957–1993) /d͡ʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate, like the pronunciation of ⟨j⟩ in "jam" Corresponds to ⟨c⟩ in the Latin alphabet. Used for the Cyrillic alphabet of the Gagauz language, which was dropped in 1993 and is no longer in use.
Moldovan Cyrillic Corresponds to ⟨g⟩ before front vowels in the Latin alphabet; the Cyrillic letter Џ had been used for a similar sound until the 19th century. Used for the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet of the Romanian language.

Zhe with breve corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs ⟨дж⟩ or ⟨чж⟩, or to the letters Che with descender (Ҷ ҷ), Che with vertical stroke (Ҹ ҹ), Dzhe (Џ џ), Khakassian Che (Ӌ ӌ), Zhe with diaeresis (Ӝ ӝ), or Zhje (Җ җ).

Traditionally, these characters were transliterated into the International English character set as ⟨dzh⟩, as in Birobidzhan; but more recently, especially in the US, they are transliterated as ⟨j⟩, as in Azerbaijan.

Computing codes[]

Character information
Preview Ӂ ӂ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
ZHE WITH BREVE
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
ZHE WITH BREVE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1217 U+04C1 1218 U+04C2
UTF-8 211 129 D3 81 211 130 D3 82
Numeric character reference Ӂ Ӂ ӂ ӂ

See also[]

  • Cyrillic characters in Unicode
  • Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet

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