Dzhe
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Cyrillic letter Dzhe | ||||||
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Unicode (hex) | ||||||
majuscule: U+040F | ||||||
minuscule: U+045F | ||||||
Cyrillic alphabet | ||||||
А | Б | В | Г | Ґ | Д | Ѓ |
Ђ | Е | Ѐ | Ё | Є | Ж | З |
Ѕ | И | Ѝ | І | Ї | Й | Ј |
К | Л | Љ | М | Н | Њ | О |
П | Р | С | Т | Ћ | Ќ | У |
Ў | Ф | Х | Ц | Ч | Џ | Ш |
Щ | Ъ | Ы | Ь | Э | Ю | Я |
Non-Slavic letters | ||||||
Ӑ | Ӓ | Ә | Ӛ | Ӕ | Ғ | Ӷ |
Ҕ | Ӗ | Ҽ | Ҿ | Ӂ | Җ | Ӝ |
Ҙ | Ӟ | Ӡ | Ӥ | Ӣ | Ӏ | Ҋ |
Қ | Ҟ | Ҡ | Ӄ | Ҝ | Ӆ | Ӎ |
Ҥ | Ң | Ӊ | Ӈ | Ӧ | Ө | Ӫ |
Ҩ | Ҧ | Ҏ | Ҫ | Ҭ | Ӳ | Ӱ |
Ӯ | Ү | Ұ | Ҳ | Һ | Ҵ | Ӵ |
Ҷ | Ӌ | Ҹ | Ӹ | Ҍ | Ӭ | |
Archaic letters | ||||||
Ҁ | Ѹ | Ѡ | Ѿ | Ѻ | Ѣ | ІА |
Ѥ | Ѧ | Ѫ | Ѩ | Ѭ | Ѯ | Ѱ |
Ѳ | Ѵ | Ѷ | Ꙟ | |||
List of Cyrillic letters |
Dzhe(Dž) (Џ, џ) is a letter of Vuk Karadžić's Cyrillic alphabet reform, used in Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian to represent a Voiced postalveolar affricate /ʤ/ (like the J in English "jump", albeit harder). It corresponds to the digraphs дж or чж or the letters җ (Zhje), ҷ, or ӂ from some other Cyrillic alphabets and writing systems.
The name Dzhe is actually a provisional designation, as Serbian letters are not named. When spelling is required, it is pronounced as /ʤə/. Sometimes, the name Dzherv is used, following the pattern of traditional names such as Cherv for Ч and Djerv or Gjerv for Ћ. In the Latin version of Serbo-Croatian, it is transliterated with the diagraph /dž/ and, like the diagraphs of /lj/ and /nj/, they have their separate entries and are always placed as a single letter in crosswords and other puzzles.
The origin of the letter Dzhe is the 15th century Romanian Cyrillic alphabet. Serbian scribes began using it in the 17th century.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Петар Ђорђић, "Историја српске ћирилице", Београд, 1970, p. 203