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Zhje

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Zhje
Җ җ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
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.

Usage

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

LanguagePosition in alphabetPronunciation[note 1]Romanization[note 2]
Chulym11th/ʑ/ voiced alveolo-palatal fricative
Kalmyk/d͡ʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricatej, dzh
Turkmen9thj
Dungan10th /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 affricatej
  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).

Computing codes

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Character information
PreviewҖҗ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
ZHE WITH DESCENDER		 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
ZHE WITH DESCENDER
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1174U+04961175U+0497
UTF-8210 150D2 96210 151D2 97
Numeric character referenceҖҖҗҗ

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Dungan (хуэйзў йүян)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Archived from the original on 2006-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  2. ↑ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Kalmyk (Хальмг келн)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  3. ↑ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Tatar (tatarça / татарча / تاتارچا)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  4. ↑ "Cyrillic Unicode block" (PDF).
  5. ↑ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Turkmen (Türkmen dili / Түркмен дили)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  6. ↑ Кондияков, А.Ф.; Лемская, В.М. (2021). Чулымский язык д. Пасечное Тюхтетского района Красноярского края 2007–2021 гг. Т. I: Словарь, формы слов и грамматические примеры (PDF) (in Russian). Томск: Издательство Томского университета. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-5-7511-2627-8.
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