j

See also: J [U+004A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J], յ [U+0575 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YI], Appendix:Variations of "j", and ᒎ [U+148E CANADIAN SYLLABICS COO]

j U+006A, j LATIN SMALL LETTER J ← i [U+0069] Basic Latin k → [U+006B]

Character variations

ʲ U+02B2, ʲ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL J ← ʱ [U+02B1] Spacing Modifier Letters ʳ → [U+02B3]

ｊ U+FF4A, ｊ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER J ← ｉ [U+FF49] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｋ → [U+FF4B]

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Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:

j

Wikipedia

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

• Pronunciation of IPA [jːɑː, ɑjɑː] with the sound [j]:

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Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Palatal approximant

Wikipedia

j

1. (IPA) a palatal approximant a.k.a. yod.
2. (superscript ⟨ʲ⟩, IPA) palatalization ([j]-coloring) of a consonant; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [j] – see ʲ.
3. (pharmacy, obsolete) one.

   ℥j

   one ounce

4. (physics) imaginary unit

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Normal and italic J
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase J in Fraktur

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter J):  Ĵĵ  Ɉɉ  J̌ǰ  ȷ  ϳ  ʝ  ɟ  ʄ  ᴊ  Ｊｊ  IJij  IJij  LJLjlj  LJLjlj  NJNjnj  NJNjnj

Other representations of J:

NATO phonetic: Juliet Morse code: ·––– Braille: ⠚ ASL Manual: J

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

English

Pronunciation

• (letter name): enPR: jā, IPA^(key): /dʒeɪ/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Audio (UK):

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  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • (archaic or dialectal, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪ/
    • Rhymes: -aɪ
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /dʒ/

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J, plural js or j's)

1. The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• In Spanish language loanwords and names, "j" is pronounced as an "h", for example in fajita and Julio.
• The name of this letter is spelled jay, plural jays
• In Scotland, this letter is sometimes spelled jy, to reflect the local pronunciation.

Derived terms

• j-word
• jth

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Etymology 1

Noun

j (plural js)

1. (slang) A term for a marijuana cigarette ('joint').

   "I went outside to smoke myself a J" — Paul Simon, from the song "Late in the Evening" from the album, "One Trick Pony."

2. (mathematics) An alternative version of i, the positive square root of -1; used in the context of electronics.
3. (mathematics) The second unit vector, after i

Etymology 2

Adverb

j (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of just.

   im lwk j chillin wbu?

Araki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

j (uppercase J)

1. A letter of the Araki alphabet.

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [ʒ]
• (letter name) IPA^(key): [ʒeː], [ʒɯː]

Letter

j lower case (upper case J)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xota/, [xo̞.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /jota/, [jo̞.t̪a]

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called jota and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒo.ta]

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called jota and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h/, /j/

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Chipewyan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͜ʃ/

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Czech

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jeː/

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. the tenth letter of the Dutch alphabet

See also

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