Dzhe

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Cyrillic letter Dzhe
Cyrillic letter Dzhe - uppercase and lowercase.svg
Phonetic usage:[dʒ] [ɖʐ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀А̂А̄ӒБВ
ГҐДЂЃЕЕ́Ѐ
Е̄Е̂ЁЄЄ́ЖЗЗ́
ЅИІІ́ЇЇ́И́Ѝ
И̂ӢЙЈКЛЉМ
НЊОО́О̀О̂ŌӦ
ПРСС́ТЋЌУ
У́У̀У̂ӮЎӰФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЪ̀Ы
Ы́ЬѢЭЭ́ЮЮ́Ю̀
ЯЯ́Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌Г̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂Г̆
Г̈ҔҒӺҒ̌ӶД́Д̌
Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃Ё̄Є̈Җ
ӜӁЖ̣ҘӞЗ̌З̣З̆
ԐԐ̈ӠИ̃ӤҊҚӃ
ҠҞҜК̣ԚЛ́ӅԮ
ԒЛ̈ӍН́Н̃ӉҢ
ԨӇҤО̆О̃Ӧ̄ӨӨ̄
Ө́Ө̆ӪԤП̈Р̌ҎС̌
ҪС̣С̱Т́Т̈Т̌Т̇Т̣
ҬТЬУ̃ӲУ̊Ӱ̄ҰҮ
Ү́Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑Х̌ҲӼ
ӾҺԦЦ̌Ц̈ҴҶҶ̣
ӴӋЧ̡ҸЧ̇Ч̣ҼҾ
Ш̈Ш̣Ы̆Ы̄ӸҌ
ҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆
Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄Я̆Я̄Я̈Я̈́Ԝ
Ӏ
Archaic or unused letters
Cyrillic capital letter script A.svgА̨Б̀Б̣В̀Г̀Г̧Г̄
Г̓Г̆Ҕ̀Ҕ̆Cyrillic capital letter split by middle ring Ghe.svgД̓Д̀Д̨
ԀԂЕ̂Е̇Е̨Џ̆
Ж̑Cyrillic small letter Zhe with long middle leg and stroke through descender.svgCyrillic capital letter bashkir Ie.svgԪꚄ̆
З̀З̑ԄԆ
І̂І̨Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Dha.svgЈ̵К̓К̀
К̆Ӄ̆К̑К̇К̈К̄ԞК̂
Cyrillic small letter Ka with loop.svgCyrillic small letter ka with ascender.svgԚ̆Л̀ԠԈЛ̑
Л̇ԔМ̀Н̀Н̄Н̧Ԋ
ԢН̡Ѻ
Cyrillic capital letter O with left notch.svgCyrillic capital letter open at bottom O.svgП̓П́П̧ҦП̑
ҀҺ̡Р́Р̀ԖС̀С̈Ԍ
Ҫ̓Cyrillic capital letter long Es.svgТ̓Т̀ԎТ̑Т̧
Ꚍ̆Cyrillic small letter Te El Soft-sign.svgCyrillic small letter voiceless L with comma above.svgѸCyrillic capital letter script U.svgУ̇
У̊У̨Ф̑Ф̓Х́Х̀Х̆Х̇
Х̧Х̓Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Ha.svgѠѼѾ
Ц́Ц̓Cyrillic capital letter Tse with long left leg.svgꚎ̆Cyrillic capital letter Cil.svgCyrillic capital letter Cil with bar.svg
Ч́Ч̀Ч̑Ч̓ԬꚆ̆
Cyrillic capital letter Char.svgҼ̆Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆Ꚗ̆Cyrillic capital letter Che Sha.svg
Ы̂Ы̃Ѣ́Ѣ̈Ѣ̆
Э̨Ю̂Я̂Я̨ԘѤ
ѦѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶ

Dzhe (Џ џ; italics: Џ џ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script used in Macedonian and varieties of Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian, Montenegrin, and Serbian) to represent the voiced postalveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/, like the pronunciation of j in “jump”.

Dzhe corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs дж or чж, or to the letters Che with descender (Ҷ ҷ), Che with vertical stroke (Ҹ ҹ), Khakassian Che (Ӌ ӌ), Zhe with breve (Ӂ ӂ), Zhe with diaeresis (Ӝ ӝ), or Zhje (Җ җ).

In the Latin version of Serbo-Croatian, it corresponds with the digraph dž which, like the digraphs lj and nj, is treated as a single letter, including in crossword puzzles and for purposes of collation.

Abkhaz uses it to represent the voiced retroflex affricate /ɖʐ/. The ligature џь is used to represent the /dʒ/ sound.

History[edit]

The letter Dzhe was first used in the 15th-century Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, as a modified form of the letter ч.[1] Serbian scribes began using it in the 17th century.[2] Vuk Karadžić included it in his Cyrillic script reform, when the letter entered widespread use.[1]

Related letters and other similar characters[edit]


Character information
Preview Џ џ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DZHE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DZHE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1039 U+040F 1119 U+045F
UTF-8 208 143 D0 8F 209 159 D1 9F
Numeric character reference Џ Џ џ џ
Named character reference Џ џ
Code page 855 155 9B 154 9A
Windows-1251 143 8F 159 9F
ISO-8859-5 175 AF 255 FF
Macintosh Cyrillic 218 DA 219 DB

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Maretić, Tomislav. Gramatika i stilistika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika. 1899.
  2. ^ Petar Đorđić, "Istorija srpske ćirilice", Belgrade 1970, p. 203

External links[edit]

  • The dictionary definition of Џ at Wiktionary
  • The dictionary definition of џ at Wiktionary