Zhje
Appearance
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 is used in the alphabets of the Dungan,[1] Kalmyk,[2] Tatar[3] and Turkmen[4] languages.
Language | Position in alphabet | Pronunciation[note 1] | Romanization[note 2] |
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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 |
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 | ||
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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 |
See also
References
- ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Dungan (хуэйзў йүян)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Kalmyk (Хальмг келн)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Tatar (tatarça / татарча / تاتارچا)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Ager, Simon (ed.). "Turkmen (Türkmen dili / Түркмен дили)". Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
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