{{Short description|Cyrillic letter used in four languages}} {{Infobox grapheme | script = Cyrillic | type = Alphabet | typedesc = ic | name = Zhje | image = Cyrillic letter Zhje.svg | imagealt = | phonemes = {{IPA|[dʒ]}}, {{IPA|[dʑ]}}, {{IPA|[ʑ]}}, {{IPA|[tʂ]}}, {{IPA|[tɕ]}} | number = | fam1 = | letter = Җ җ }}
'''Zhje''' or '''Zhe with descender''' (Җ җ; italics: <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">''Җ җ''</span>) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe (Ж ж <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">''Ж ж''</span>) with an addition of a descender on its right leg.
== Usage == Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan,<ref name=Dungan /> Kalmyk,<ref name=Kalmyk /> Tatar,<ref name=Tatar /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf|title=Cyrillic Unicode block}}</ref> Turkmen,<ref name=Turkmen /> Chulym<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://altaica.ru/LIBRARY/Kondiyakov_Lemskaya_2021_Tom1.pdf |last1 = Кондияков | first1 = А.Ф. | last2 = Лемская | first2 = В.М. | title = Чулымский язык д. Пасечное Тюхтетского района Красноярского края 2007–2021 гг. Т. I: Словарь, формы слов и грамматические примеры | place = Томск | publisher = Издательство Томского университета | year = 2021 | pages = 22–23 | isbn = 978-5-7511-2627-8 | language = ru}}</ref> and Uyghur languages.
{|class=wikitable ! Language !! Position in alphabet !! Pronunciation<ref group=note>See the linked article for a description of the pronunciation.</ref> !! Romanization<ref group=note>Bold face indicates the equivalent letter in the official Latin alphabet for the language.</ref> |- | Chulym|| rowspan= 2 | 11th || {{IPA|/ʑ/}} voiced alveolo-palatal fricative || |- | Kalmyk|| rowspan="2" |{{IPA|/d͡ʒ/}} voiced postalveolar affricate|| j, dzh |- | Turkmen|| 9th ||'''j''' |- | Dungan|| rowspan="3" | 10th |{{IPA|/tʂ/}} voiceless retroflex affricate<br>{{IPA|/tɕ/}} voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate | zh, ⱬ |- | Tatar ||{{IPA|/dʑ/}} voiced alveolo-palatal affricate<br>{{IPA|/ʑ/}} voiced alveolo-palatal fricative || c |- | Uyghur ||{{IPA|/d͡ʒ/}} Voiced postalveolar affricate || j |} <references group=note/>
Zhje corresponds to the digraphs {{angbr|дж}} or {{angbr|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==
{{charmap |0496|name1=Cyrillic Capital Letter<br />Zhe with Descender |0497|name2=Cyrillic Small Letter<br />Zhe with Descender }}
==See also== *Cyrillic characters in Unicode
==References== <references> <ref name=Dungan>{{cite web |url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/dungan.htm |title=Dungan (хуэйзў йүян) |editor=Ager, Simon |work=Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world |access-date=2011-04-29 |archive-date=2006-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060425081258/http://www.omniglot.com/writing/dungan.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=Kalmyk>{{cite web |url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kalmyk.htm |title=Kalmyk (Хальмг келн) |editor=Ager, Simon |work=Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world |access-date=2011-04-29}}</ref> <ref name=Tatar>{{cite web |url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tatar.htm |title=Tatar (tatarça / татарча / تاتارچا) |editor=Ager, Simon |work=Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world |access-date=2011-04-29}}</ref> <ref name=Turkmen>{{cite web |url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/turkmen.htm |title=Turkmen (Türkmen dili / Түркмен дили) |editor=Ager, Simon |work=Omniglot: writing systems & languages of the world |access-date=2011-04-29}}</ref> </references>
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