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Zhe with diaeresis

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Zhe with diaeresis
Ӝ ӝ
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originUdmurt
Sound values/d͡ʒ/
In UnicodeU+04DC, U+04DD
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Zhe with diaeresis ӝ; italics: Ӝ ӝ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script.[1] Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Zhe ж Ж ж).

Zhe with diaeresis is used only in the alphabet of the Udmurt language,[2] where it represents the voiced postalveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/, like the pronunciation of j in "jam".[3] It is usually romanized as ⟨dž⟩.

Zhe with diaeresis corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs дж or чж, or to the letters Che with descender ҷ), Che with vertical stroke ҹ), Dzhe џ), Khakassian Che ӌ), Zhe with breve ӂ), or Zhje җ).

Computing codes

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Character information
PreviewӜӝ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER
ZHE WITH DIAERESIS
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
ZHE WITH DIAERESIS
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1244U+04DC1245U+04DD
UTF-8211 156D3 9C211 157D3 9D
Numeric character referenceӜӜӝӝ

See also

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References

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  1. "Cyrillic: Range: 0400–04FF" (PDF). The Unicode Standard, Version 6.0. 2010. p. 43. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
  2. Katzner, Kenneth (2002) [First published 1977]. The Languages of the World. New York, New York: Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 0415250048.
  3. Алатырев В. И. Краткий грамматический очерк удмуртского языка English: V. I. Alatyrev, A brief grammatical sketch of the Udmurt language