Zhe (Armenian)

Zhe, or Že (majuscule: Ժ; minuscule: ժ; Reformed orthography: ժե; Classical orthography: ժէ) is the tenth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced postalveolar fricative (/ʒ/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 10.^[1] Its shape is visually similar to one other Armenian letter, Ca (ծ). Its shape in lowercase form is also similar to the minuscule form of the Latin letter D (d).

Writing systemArmenian script

TypeAlphabetic

Language of originArmenian language

Sound valuesʒ

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Zhe
Ժ ժ
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	ʒ
In Unicode	U+053A, U+056A
Alphabetical position	10
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	10
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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