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Dzzhe

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Dzzhe
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values[d͡ʒ]
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.


Dzzhe (Ԫ ԫ; italics: Ԫ ԫ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. The shape of the letter originated as a ligature of the Cyrillic letters De (Д д Д д) and Zhe (Ж ж Ж ж).

Dzzhe is used in the old Komi and Ossetic languages, as well as in Grigoriy Vereshchagin's 1895 Udmurt alphabet. It was later abandoned, possibly due to it looking too much like "дк".[original research?] It was also used in D. V. Khitrov's Yakut alphabet from 1858 to 1917, corresponding to Дь.

It is used to distinguish the affricate /d͜ʒ/ from the sequence d-ž in some phonetic dictionaries.[1]

Usage

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This letter represents the voiced palato-alveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/ (j as in jam). It can be romanized as ⟨dž⟩.

Computing codes

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Character information
Preview Ԫ ԫ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
DZZHE
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
DZZHE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1322 U+052A 1323 U+052B
UTF-8 212 170 D4 AA 212 171 D4 AB
Numeric character reference Ԫ Ԫ ԫ ԫ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ e.g. Орфоєпичний словник (Орфоэпический словарь на украиском языке), 1984. Н.И. Погребной, ed. Радяська Школа, Kyiv.