Zhje
Zhje
Cyrillic letter used in four languages
Zhje or Zhe with descender (Җ җ; italics: Җ җ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe (Ж ж Ж ж) with an addition of a descender on its right leg.
Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan,[1][2] Kalmyk,[3][4] Tatar[5][6][7] and Turkmen[8][9] languages.
- See the linked article for a description of the pronunciation.
- Bold face indicates the equivalent letter in the official Latin alphabet for the language.
Zhje corresponds to the digraphs ⟨дж⟩ or ⟨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).