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Dzzhe

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Dzzhe
Ԫ ԫ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originKomi, Ossetian, Udmurt, Yakut
Sound values[d͡ʒ]
In UnicodeU+052A
History
Time period1895-1954
Other
Writing directionLeft-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.

Dzzhe ԫ; italics: Ԫ ԫ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. The shape of the letter originated as a ligature of the Cyrillic letters De д Д д) and Zhe ж Ж ж).

Dzzhe is used in the old Komi and Ossetic languages, as well as in Grigoriy Vereshchagin's 1895 Udmurt alphabet. It was later abandoned. It was also used in D. V. Khitrov's Yakut alphabet from 1858 to 1917, corresponding to Дь.

It is used to distinguish the affricate /d͜ʒ/ from the sequence d-ž in some phonetic dictionaries.[1]

Usage

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This letter represents the voiced palato-alveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/ (j as in jam). It can be romanized as ⟨dž⟩.

Computing codes

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Character information
PreviewԪԫ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
DZZHE
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
DZZHE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1322U+052A1323U+052B
UTF-8212 170D4 AA212 171D4 AB
Numeric character referenceԪԪԫԫ

See also

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References

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  1. e.g. Орфоепічний словник (Орфоэпический словарь на украиском языке), 1984. Н.И. Погребной, ed. Радянська Школа, Kyiv.