# Zhje

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{{Short description|Cyrillic letter used in four languages}}
{{Infobox grapheme
| script = [Cyrillic](/source/Cyrillic)
| type = [Alphabet](/source/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&nbsp;җ; italics: <span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">''Җ&nbsp;җ''</span>) is a letter of the [Cyrillic script](/source/Cyrillic_script). Its form is derived from the [Cyrillic letter Zhe](/source/Zhe_(Cyrillic)) (Ж&nbsp;ж&nbsp;<span style="font-family: times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: larger">''Ж&nbsp;ж''</span>) with an addition of a descender on its right leg.

== Usage ==
Zhje is used in the alphabets of the [Dungan](/source/Dungan_language),<ref name=Dungan /> [Kalmyk](/source/Kalmyk_language),<ref name=Kalmyk /> [Tatar](/source/Tatar_language),<ref name=Tatar /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0400.pdf|title=Cyrillic Unicode block}}</ref> [Turkmen](/source/Turkmen_language),<ref name=Turkmen /> [Chulym](/source/Chulym_language)<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](/source/Uyghur_language) languages.

{|class=wikitable
! Language !! Position in alphabet !! Pronunciation<ref group=note>See the linked article for a description of the pronunciation.</ref> !! [Romanization](/source/Romanization)<ref group=note>Bold face indicates the equivalent letter in the official Latin alphabet for the language.</ref>
|-
| [Chulym](/source/Chulym_language)|| rowspan= 2 | 11th || {{IPA|/ʑ/}} [voiced alveolo-palatal fricative](/source/voiced_alveolo-palatal_fricative) ||
|-
| [Kalmyk](/source/Kalmyk_language)|| rowspan="2" |{{IPA|/d͡ʒ/}} [voiced postalveolar affricate](/source/voiced_postalveolar_affricate)|| j, dzh
|- 
| [Turkmen](/source/Turkmen_language)|| 9th ||'''j'''
|- 
| [Dungan](/source/Dungan_language)|| rowspan="3" | 10th
|{{IPA|/tʂ/}} [voiceless retroflex affricate](/source/voiceless_retroflex_affricate)<br>{{IPA|/tɕ/}} [voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate](/source/voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricate)
| zh, ⱬ
|- 
| [Tatar](/source/Tatar_language) ||{{IPA|/dʑ/}} [voiced alveolo-palatal affricate](/source/voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricate)<br>{{IPA|/ʑ/}} [voiced alveolo-palatal fricative](/source/voiced_alveolo-palatal_fricative) || c
|-
| [Uyghur](/source/Uyghur_language) ||{{IPA|/d͡ʒ/}} [Voiced postalveolar affricate](/source/Voiced_postalveolar_affricate) || j
|}
<references group=note/>

Zhje corresponds to the [digraphs](/source/digraph_(orthography)) {{angbr|дж}} or {{angbr|чж}} used in other Cyrillic alphabets, or to the letters [Che with descender](/source/Che_with_descender) (Ҷ&nbsp;ҷ), [Che with vertical stroke](/source/Che_with_vertical_stroke) (Ҹ&nbsp;ҹ), [Dzhe](/source/Dzhe) (Џ&nbsp;џ), [Khakassian Che](/source/Khakassian_Che) (Ӌ&nbsp;ӌ), [Zhe with breve](/source/Zhe_with_breve) (Ӂ&nbsp;ӂ), or [Zhe with diaeresis](/source/Zhe_with_diaeresis) (Ӝ&nbsp;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](/source/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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