Ǧ

G withcaron
G withcaron
Ǧ ǧ
ğ,ĝ,ḡ,ġ,ǥ,ǵ,g̃,ģ,ɠ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Czechoslovak language
InUnicode	U+01E6, U+01E7
History
Development	(speculated origin) Γ γ 𐌂 C G Ǧ ǧ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	16th century to present
Descendants	•Ğ; •Ġ
Sisters	G; Ғ; Ґ; Ҕ; Ӻ; چ‬; غ; ገ; ࠂ; ג; Ð
Variations	ğ,ĝ,ḡ,ġ,ǥ,ǵ,g̃,ģ,ɠ
Other
Associated graphs	ğ,ĝ,ḡ,ġ,ǥ,ǵ,g̃,ģ,ɠ
Writing direction	Left-to-Right
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Ǧ/ǧ(Gwithcaron,Unicodecode points U+01E6 and U+01E7) is a letter used in several Latin orthographies.^[1]

In theRomanyandSkolt Samilanguages, it represents the palatalizedg[ɟ͡ʝ].

It has also been used in Czech (and Slovak) orthographies until the middle of the 19th century to represent the consonant/ɡ/,whereas "g"stood for/j/.

In the romanization ofPashto,Persian,andSouth Azeri,ǧ is used to represent[ɣ](equivalent to غ).

In theBerber LatinandResian Alpha bets,ǧ is pronounced[d͡ʒ]as an EnglishJ,like inJimmy.

InDIN 31635 Arabic transliterationit represents the letterﺝ(ǧīm).

Computing code

Character information
Preview	Ǧ		ǧ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH CARON		LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH CARON
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	486	U+01E6	487	U+01E7
UTF-8	199 166	C7 A6	199 167	C7 A7
Numeric character reference	Ǧ	Ǧ	ǧ	ǧ

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