Zhje

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Zhje
Cyrillic letter Zhje.svg
Usage
Writing system Cyrillic
Type Alphabetic
Sound values[dʒ], [dʑ], [ʑ], [tʂ], [tɕ]
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Zhje or Zhe with descender җ; italics: Җ җ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe ж Ж ж) with an addition of a descender on its right leg.

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Usage

Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan, [1] [2] Kalmyk, [3] [4] Tatar, [5] [6] [7] Turkmen [8] [9] and Uyghur languages.

LanguagePosition in alphabetPronunciation [note 1] Romanization [note 2]
Kalmyk 11th/dʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate j, dzh
Turkmen 9thj
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), Che with vertical stroke ҹ), Dzhe џ), Khakassian Che ӌ), Zhe with breve ӂ), or Zhe with diaeresis ӝ).

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewҖҗ
Unicode nameCYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
ZHE WITH DESCENDER
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
ZHE WITH DESCENDER
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode 1174U+04961175U+0497
UTF-8 210 150D2 96210 151D2 97
Numeric character reference ҖҖҗҗ

See also

References

  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".