Zhje

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
Usage
Writing system	Cyrillic
Type	Alphabetic
Sound values	[dʒ], [dʑ], [ʑ], [tʂ], [tɕ]
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Usage

Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan,^[1][2] Kalmyk,^[3][4] Tatar,^[5][6][7] Turkmen^[8][9] and Uyghur languages.

Language	Position in alphabet	Pronunciation[note 1]	Romanization[note 2]
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

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

Character information

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

See also

• Cyrillic characters in Unicode