Zhje
Cyrillic letter used in four languages
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Җ җ | |
| |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | [dʒ], [dʑ], [ʑ], [tʂ], [tɕ] |
Usage
Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan,[1] Kalmyk,[2] Tatar,[3][4] Turkmen,[5] Chulym[6] and Uyghur languages.
| Language | Position in alphabet | Pronunciation[note 1] | Romanization[note 2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chulym | 11th | /ʑ/ voiced alveolo-palatal fricative | |
| Kalmyk | /d͡ʒ/ 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 |
- See the linked article for a description of the pronunciation.
- 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
| 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 |
