Zhje

Zhje or Zhe with descender (Җ җ; italics: Җ җ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe (Ж ж Ж ж).

Zhje is used in the alphabets of the Dungan, Kalmyk, Tatar and Turkmen languages.

Language Pronunciation Romanization
Dungan /tʂ/ voiceless retroflex affricate
/tɕ/ voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate
zh
Kalmyk /dʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate dzh, j
Tatar /dʑ/ voiced alveolo-palatal affricate
/ʑ/ voiced alveolo-palatal fricative
c
Turkmen /dʒ/ voiced postalveolar affricate j