Zhje


Zhje or Zhe with descender is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe with an addition of a descender on its right leg.

Usage

Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan, Kalmyk, Tatar, Turkmen, Chulym and Uyghur languages.
LanguagePosition in alphabetPronunciationRomanization
Chulym11th voiced [alveolo-palatal fricative]
Kalmyk11th voiced postalveolar affricatej, dzh
Turkmen9th voiced postalveolar affricatej
Dungan10th voiceless retroflex affricate
voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate
zh, ⱬ
Tatar10th voiced alveolo-palatal affricate
voiced alveolo-palatal fricative
c
Uyghur10th Voiced postalveolar affricatej

Zhje corresponds to the digraphs or used in other Cyrillic alphabets, or to the letters Che with descender, Che with [vertical stroke], Dzhe, Khakassian Che, Zhe with breve, or Zhe with diaeresis.