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.
Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan, Kalmyk, Tatar and Turkmen languages.
Language | Position in alphabet | Pronunciation | Romanization |
Kalmyk | 11th | voiced postalveolar affricate | j, dzh |
Turkmen | 9th | voiced postalveolar affricate | j |
Dungan | 10th | voiceless retroflex affricate voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate | zh, ⱬ |
Tatar | 10th | voiced alveolo-palatal affricate voiced alveolo-palatal fricative | c |
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.