Usage
Zhe is used in the alphabets of all Slavic languages using a Cyrillic alphabet, and of most non-Slavic languages which use a Cyrillic alphabet. The position in the alphabet and the sound represented by the letter vary from language to language.
| Language | Position in alphabet |
represented sound |
|---|---|---|
| Belarusian | 8th | voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ |
| Bulgarian | 7th | voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ |
| Macedonian | 8th | voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ |
| Russian | 8th | voiced retroflex fricative /ʐ/ |
| Serbian | 8th | voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ |
| Ukrainian | 9th | voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ |
| Uzbek (1940–1994) | 8th | voiced postalveolar affricate /dʒ/ |
| Mongolian | 8th | voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/ |
| Dungan | 8th | voiced retroflex fricative /ʐ/ |
| other non-Slavic languages | voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ |
Zhe can also be used in Leet speak or Faux Cyrillic in place of the letter ⟨x⟩.
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