Zhje

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Cyrillic letter Zhje
Cyrillic letter Zhje.svg
Phonetic usage:[tʂ], [tɕ], [dʒ], [dʑ], [ʑ]
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

Zhje or Zhe with descender (Җ җ; italics: Җ җ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe (Ж ж Ж ж) with an addition of a descender on its right leg.

Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan,[1] Kalmyk,[2] Tatar[3] and Turkmen[4] languages.

Language Position in alphabet Pronunciation[note 1] Romanization[note 2]
Kalmyk 11th /dʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate j, dzh
Turkmen 9th j
Dungan 10th /tʂ/ voiceless retroflex affricate
/tɕ/ voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate
zh, ⱬ
Tatar /dʑ/ voiced alveolo-palatal affricate
/ʑ/ voiced alveolo-palatal fricative
c
  1. ^ See the linked article for a description of the pronunciation.
  2. ^ Bold face indicates the equivalent letter in the official Latin alphabet for the language.

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

Computing codes[]

Character information
Preview Җ җ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
ZHE WITH DESCENDER
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
ZHE WITH DESCENDER
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1174 U+0496 1175 U+0497
UTF-8 210 150 D2 96 210 151 D2 97
Numeric character reference Җ Җ җ җ

See also[]

  • Cyrillic characters in Unicode

References[]

  1. ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Dungan (хуэйзў йүян)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  2. ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Kalmyk (Хальмг келн)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  3. ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Tatar (tatarça / татарча / تاتارچا)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  4. ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Turkmen (Türkmen dili / Түркмен дили)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.


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