Zhje (original) (raw)

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Cyrillic letter used in four languages

Zhje
Usage
Writing system Cyrillic
Type Alphabetic
Sound values [dʒ], [dʑ], [ʑ], [tʂ], [tɕ]
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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][2] Kalmyk,[3][4] Tatar,[5][6][7] Turkmen[8][9] and Uyghur 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
Uyghur /d͡ʒ/ Voiced postalveolar affricate j
  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).

Character information

Preview Җ җ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTERZHE WITH DESCENDER CYRILLIC SMALL LETTERZHE 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
  1. ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Dungan (хуэйзў йүян)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  2. ^ "Omniglot, Dungan".
  3. ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Kalmyk (Хальмг келн)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  4. ^ "Omniglot, Kalmyk".
  5. ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Tatar (tatarça / татарча / تاتارچا)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  6. ^ "Omniglot, Tatar".
  7. ^ "Cyrillic Unicode block" (PDF).
  8. ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Turkmen (Türkmen dili / Түркмен дили)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  9. ^ "Omniglot, Turkmen".