| Zhje | |
|---|---|
| Җ җ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Cyrillic |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Sound values | [dʒ],[dʑ],[ʑ],[tʂ],[tɕ] |
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Zhje orZhe with descender (Җ җ; italics:Җ җ) is a letter of theCyrillic script. Its form is derived from theCyrillic letter Zhe (Ж ж Ж ж) with an addition of a descender on its right leg.
Zhje is used in the alphabets of theDungan,[1]Kalmyk,[2]Tatar,[3][4]Turkmen,[5]Chulym[6] andUyghur 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 |
Zhje corresponds to thedigraphs⟨дж⟩ or⟨чж⟩ used in other Cyrillic alphabets, or to the lettersChe with descender (Ҷ ҷ),Che with vertical stroke (Ҹ ҹ),Dzhe (Џ џ),Khakassian Che (Ӌ ӌ),Zhe with breve (Ӂ ӂ), orZhe with diaeresis (Ӝ ӝ).
| 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 |
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