Zhje Explained

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,^[1] Kalmyk,^[2] Tatar,^{[3] [4]} Turkmen^[5] and Uyghur languages.

Language	Position in alphabet	Pronunciation^[6]	Romanization^[7]
Kalmyk	11th	pronounced as //dʒ// voiced postalveolar affricate	j, dzh
Turkmen	9th		j
Dungan	10th	pronounced as //tʂ// voiceless retroflex affricate pronounced as //tɕ// voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate	zh, ⱬ
			c
			j

1. Web site: Omniglot, Dungan.
2. Web site: Omniglot, Kalmyk.
3. Web site: Omniglot, Tatar.
4. Web site: Cyrillic Unicode block.
5. Web site: Omniglot, Turkmen.
6. See the linked article for a description of the pronunciation.
7. 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).

See also

• Cyrillic characters in Unicode

References

1. Web site: Omniglot, Dungan.
2. Web site: Omniglot, Kalmyk.
3. Web site: Omniglot, Tatar.
4. Web site: Cyrillic Unicode block.
5. Web site: Omniglot, Turkmen.
6. See the linked article for a description of the pronunciation.
7. Bold face indicates the equivalent letter in the official Latin alphabet for the language.

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