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
Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan,12 Kalmyk,34 Tatar,567 Turkmen89 and Uyghur languages.
| Language | Position in alphabet | Pronunciation10 | Romanization11 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalmyk | 11th | /dʒ/ 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 |
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
Character information| Preview | Җ | җ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTERZHE WITH DESCENDER | CYRILLIC SMALL LETTERZHE 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 |
See also
References
Ager, Simon (ed.). "Dungan (хуэйзў йүян)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/dungan.htm ↩
"Omniglot, Dungan". https://www.omniglot.com/chinese/dungan.htm ↩
Ager, Simon (ed.). "Kalmyk (Хальмг келн)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kalmyk.htm ↩
"Omniglot, Kalmyk". https://www.omniglot.com/writing/kalmyk.htm ↩
Ager, Simon (ed.). "Tatar (tatarça / татарча / تاتارچا)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tatar.htm ↩
"Omniglot, Tatar". https://www.omniglot.com/writing/tatar.htm ↩
"Cyrillic Unicode block" (PDF). https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf ↩
Ager, Simon (ed.). "Turkmen (Türkmen dili / Түркмен дили)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/turkmen.htm ↩
"Omniglot, Turkmen". https://www.omniglot.com/writing/turkmen.htm ↩
See the linked article for a description of the pronunciation. ↩
Bold face indicates the equivalent letter in the official Latin alphabet for the language. ↩