{{Short description|18th letter of the three Georgian scripts}} {{Infobox grapheme |name=Zhani |letter=Ⴏ ⴏ ჟ Ჟ |image=Mkhedruli zh.svg |imagesize=195px |imagealt= |script=[[Georgian script]] |type=[[Alphabet]] |typedesc=ic |language=[[Georgian language]] |phonemes=[{{IPAlink|ʒ}}] |unicode=U+10AF, U+2D0F, U+10DF, U+1C9F |alphanumber=18 |number=90 |usageperiod={{circa}} 430 to present |equivalents=[[Zh (digraph)|Zh]], [[Ž]] |direction=Left-to-right }} {{Georgian letters}} {{contains special characters|Georgian}} '''Zhani''', '''Zhan''', or '''Zhar'''{{ref|a|1}} ([[Asomtavruli]]: {{Script|Geok|Ⴏ}}; [[Nuskhuri]]: {{Script|Geok|ⴏ}}; [[Mkhedruli]]: ჟ; [[Mtavruli]]: Ჟ; {{Langx|ka|ჟანი, ჟან}}) is the 18th letter of the three [[Georgian scripts]].<ref>Machavariani, p. 136</ref>
In the system of [[Georgian numerals]], it has a value of 90.<ref name="Mched2">Mchedlidze, (2) p. 61</ref> Zhani commonly represents [[voiced palato-alveolar fricative]] {{IPA|/ʒ/}},<ref>Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. '''18'''. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5</ref> like the pronunciation of {{angbr|si}} in "vi'''si'''on". It is typically [[Romanization of Georgian|romanized]] with the digraph [[Zh (digraph)|Zh]] or with the letter [[Ž]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transliteration.eki.ee/pdf/Georgian.pdf|title=Transliteration of Georgian|language=en}}</ref>
==Letter== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100" |- !width="100"|asomtavruli !width="100"|nuskhuri !width="100"|mkhedruli !width="100"|mtavruli |- |align="center"|[[File:Asomtavruli zh.svg|50px]] |align="center"|[[File:Nuskhuri zh.svg|70px]] |align="center"|[[File:Mkhedruli letter zh.png|80px]] |align="center"|[[File:GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR.svg|80px]] |} ===Three-dimensional=== {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" |- !width="100"|asomtavruli !width="100"|nuskhuri !width="100"|mkhedruli |-bgcolor=white |align="center"|[[File:U+10AF Noto Sans Georgian 20221218.stl|100px]] |align="center"|[[File:U+2D0F Noto Sans Georgian 20221218.stl|100px]] |align="center"|[[File:U+10DF Noto Sans Georgian 20221218.stl|100px]] |} ===Stroke order=== {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" |- !width="100"|asomtavruli<ref>Mchedlidze, I, p. 105</ref> !width="100"|nuskhuri<ref>Mchedlidze, I, p. 107</ref> !width="100"|mkhedruli<ref>Mchedlidze, I, p. 110</ref> |-bgcolor=white |align="center"|[[File:Asomtavruli letter Zhani stroke order animation.gif|100px]] |align="center"|[[File:Nuskhuri zh.png|100px]] |align="center"|[[File:Mkhedruli zh.png|100px]] |}
==Computer encodings== {{charmap |10AF|name1=GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR<ref name="UnicAsoMkh">Unicode (1)</ref> |2D0F|name2=GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER ZHAR<ref>Unicode (2)</ref> |10DF|name3=GEORGIAN LETTER ZHAR<ref name="UnicAsoMkh">Unicode (1)</ref> |1C9F|name4=GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR }}
==Braille== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100" |- !width="100"|mkhedruli<ref>UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45</ref> |- |align="center"|[[File:Braille J0.svg|80px]] |}
==See also== *[[Ž|Latin letter Ž]] *[[Zhe (Cyrillic)|Cyrillic letter Zhe]] ==Notes== #{{note|a}} Unicode name of this letter
==References== {{commons}} {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== *Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013 *Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013 *Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011 *The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U10A0.pdf Georgian], 1991-2013 *The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2D00.pdf Georgian Supplement], 1991-2013 [[Category:Georgian letters]]