Zhe with breve

Zhe with breve ӂ; italics: Ӂ ӂ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, created by Soviet linguists for the cyrillization of non-Slavic languages. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe ж Ж ж).

Cyrillic letter
Zhe with breve
Phonetic usage:[d͡ʒ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀БВГҐ
ДЂЃЕЀЁЄ
ЖЗЗ́ЅИІЇ
И́ЍЙЈКЛЉ
МНЊОŌПР
СС́ТЋЌУӮ
ЎФХЦЧЏШ
ЩЪЫЬЭЮЯ
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̄А̊А̃ӒӒ̄Ӕ
ӘӘ́Ә̃ӚВ̌ҒГ̑
Г̣Г̌ҔӺҒ̌ӶД̣
Д̆ԀӖЕ̄Е̃Ё̄Є̈
ӁҖӜҘӞЗ̌З̱
З̣ԐԐ̈ӠӢИ̃Ҋ
ӤҚӃҠҞҜК̣
ԚӅԮԒӍӉҢ
ԨӇҤО́О̀О̆О̂
О̃ӦӦ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆
ӪҨԤР̌ҎҪС̣
С̱Т̌Т̣ҬУ̃ӰӰ́
ӲҮҮ́ҰХ̣Х̱Х̮
Х̑ҲӼӾҺҺ̈Ԧ
ҴҶӴӋҸҼҾ
Ы̆Ы̄ӸҌЭ̆Э̄Э̇
ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄
Я̆Я̄Я̈ԜӀ
Archaic letters
ҀѺ
ОУѠѼѾ
ѢѤѦ
ѪѨѬѮ
ѰѲѴѶԘ
ԀԔԖԠԢ
Ҧ
ԂԄԈԊԌ
ԎԆԞ
ԪԬГ̧Г̄

Zhe with breve is or has been used in the alphabets of the following languages:

LanguagePronunciationNotes
Gagauz (1957–1993) /d͡ʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate, like the pronunciation of j in "jam" Corresponds to c in the Latin alphabet. Used for the Cyrillic alphabet of the Gagauz language, which was dropped in 1993 and is no longer in use.
Moldovan Cyrillic Corresponds to g before front vowels in the Latin alphabet; the Cyrillic letter Џ had been used for a similar sound until the 19th century. Used for the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet of the Romanian language.

Zhe with breve corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs дж or чж, or to the letters Che with descender ҷ), Che with vertical stroke ҹ), Dzhe џ), Khakassian Che ӌ), Zhe with diaeresis ӝ), or Zhje җ).

Traditionally, these characters were transliterated into the International English character set as dzh, as in Birobidzhan; but more recently, especially in the US, they are transliterated as j, as in Azerbaijan.

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewӁӂ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
ZHE WITH BREVE
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
ZHE WITH BREVE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1217U+04C11218U+04C2
UTF-8211 129D3 81211 130D3 82
Numeric character referenceӁӁӂӂ

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References


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