Dzhe

Not to be confused with the lettersЦ (tse)orЂ (dje)or the Latin letterU.

"Dzh" redirects here. For the Serbian political party, seeDZH.

Cyrillic letter Dzhe
Phonetic usage:	[dʒ], [ɖʐ]
TheCyrillic script
Slavicletters
А А̀ А̂ А̄ Ӓ Б В Г Ґ Д Ђ Ѓ Е Ѐ Е̄ Е̂ Ё Є Ж З З́ Ѕ И І Ї Ꙇ Ѝ И̂ Ӣ Й Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О О̀ О̂ Ō Ӧ П Р С С́ Т Ћ Ќ У У̀ У̂ Ӯ Ў Ӱ Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ꙏ Ъ Ъ̀ Ы Ь Ѣ Э Ю Ю̀ Я Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ А̊ А̃ Ӓ̄ Ӕ Ә Ә́ Ә̃ Ӛ В̌ Ԝ Г̑ Г̇ Г̣ Г̌ Г̂ Г̆ Г̈ г̊ Ҕ Ғ Ӻ Ғ̌ ғ̊ Ӷ Д́ Д̌ Д̈ Д̣ Д̆ Ӗ Е̃ Ё̄ Є̈ Ԑ Ԑ̈ Җ Ӝ Ӂ Ж̣ Ҙ Ӟ З̌ З̣ З̆ Ӡ И̃ Ӥ Ҋ Қ Ӄ Ҡ Ҟ Ҝ К̣ к̊ қ̊ Ԛ ᴫ Л́ Ӆ Ԯ Ԓ Л̈ Ӎ ᵸ Н́ Ӊ Ң Ԩ Ӈ Ҥ О̆ О̃ Ӧ̄ Ө Ө̄ Ө́ Ө̆ Ӫ Ԥ П̈ Ҏ Р̌ С̌ Ҫ С̣ С̱ Т́ Т̈ Т̌ Т̇ Т̣ Ҭ Ᲊ У̃ Ӳ У̊ Ӱ̄ Ұ Ү Ү́ Х̣ Х̱ Х̮ Х̑ Х̌ Ҳ Ӽ х̊ Ӿ ӿ̊ Һ Һ̈ Ԧ Ц̌ Ц̈ Ҵ Ҷ Ҷ̣ Ӵ Ӌ Ҹ Ч̇ Ч̣ Ҽ Ҿ Ш̣ ꚜ Ы̆ Ы̄ Ӹ ꚝ Ҍ Ҩ Э̆ Э̄ Э̇ Ӭ Ӭ́ Ӭ̄ Ю̆ Ю̈ Ю̄ Я̆ Я̄ Я̈ Ӏ ʼ ˮ
Archaicor unused letters
А̨ Б̀ Б̣ Б̱ В̀ Г̀ Г̧ Г̄ Г̓ Г̆ Ҕ̀ Ҕ̆ Ԁ Д̓ Д̀ Д̨ Ԃ Ꚁ Ꙣ Е̇ Е̨ Ж̀ Ж̑ Ꙃ Ꙅ Џ̆ Ꚅ Ꚅ̆ Ꙁ З̀ З̑ Ԅ Ԇ Ꚉ Ԫ Ꚃ Ꚕ І̂ І̣ І̨ Ј̵ Ј̃ Ꙉ К̓ К̀ К̆ Ӄ̆ К̑ К̇ К̈ К̄ Ԟ К̂ Л̀ Ԡ Ꙥ Ԉ Л̑ Л̇ Ԕ М̀ М̃ Ꙧ Н̀ Н̄ Н̧ Н̃ Ԋ Ԣ Н̡ Ѻ Ꙩ Ꙫ Ꙭ ꙮ Ꚙ Ꚛ П̓ П̀ П́ Ҧ П̧ П̑ Ҁ Ԛ̆ Р́ Р̀ Р̃ Ԗ С̀ С̈ Ԍ Ҫ̓ Т̓ Т̀ Ԏ Т̑ Ꚋ Т̧ Ꚍ Ꚍ̆ Ѹ Ꙋ У̇ У̨ ꙋ́ Ф̑ Ф̓ Х́ Х̀ Х̆ Х̇ Х̧ Х̾ Х̓ һ̱ Ѡ Ꙍ Ѽ Ѿ Ꙡ Ц̀ Ц́ Ц̓ Ꚏ Ꚏ̆ Ꚑ Ч́ Ч̀ Ч̆ Ч̑ Ч̓ Ԭ Ꚓ Ꚇ Ꚇ̆ Ҽ̆ Ш̀ Ш̆ Ш̑ Щ̆ Ꚗ Ꚗ̆ Ъ̄ Ъ̈ Ъ̈̄ Ꙑ Ы̂ Ы̃ Ѣ́ Ѣ̈ Ѣ̆ Ꙓ Э̨ Э̂ Ꙕ Ю̂ Ꙗ Я̈ Я̂ Я̨ Ԙ Ѥ Ѧ Ꙙ Ѫ Ꙛ Ѩ Ꙝ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ Ꙟ
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Various forms of the letterdzhe,including the worddzhelat(executioner).

Dzhe(Џ џ; italics:Џ џorЏ џ;italics:Џ, џ), also spelleddže,is a letter of theCyrillic scriptused inMacedonianandvarietiesofSerbo-Croatian(MontenegrinandSerbian) to represent thevoiced postalveolar affricate/d͡ʒ/,like the pronunciation of j in “jump”.

Dzhe corresponds in other Cyrillic Alpha bets to thedigraphsдж or чж, or to the lettersChe with descender(Ҷ ҷ),Che with vertical stroke(Ҹ ҹ),Khakassian Che(Ӌ ӌ),Zhe with breve(Ӂ ӂ),Zhe with diaeresis(Ӝ ӝ), orZhje(Җ җ).

In the Latin version ofSerbo-Croatian,it corresponds with the digraph⟨dž⟩which, like the digraphs⟨lj⟩and⟨nj⟩,is treated as a single letter, including in crossword puzzles and for purposes ofcollation.

Abkhazuses it to represent thevoiced retroflex affricate/ɖʐ/.The digraph џь is used to represent the/dʒ/sound.

History

The letter Dzhe was first used in the 15th-centuryRomanian Cyrillic Alpha bet,as a modified form of the letter ч.Serbian scribes began using it in the 17th century.Vuk Karadžićincluded it in hisCyrillic scriptreform, when the letter entered widespread use.

Related letters and other similar characters

• Dž:Digraph Dž
• J j:Latin letter J
• G g:Latin letter soft G,the romanization and Latin equivalent of⟨џ⟩in the Romanian Cyrillic Alpha bet
• Ӂ ӂ:Cyrillic letter Ӂ
• Ӝ ӝ:Cyrillic letter Ӝ
• Җ җ:Cyrillic letter Җ
• Ц ц:Cyrillic letter Ц
• Ч ч:Cyrillic letter Ч
• Ҷ ҷ:Cyrillic letter Ҷ
• Ӌ ӌ:Cyrillic letter Ӌ
• Ҹ ҹ:Cyrillic letter Ҹ

Character information

Preview	Џ		џ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DZHE		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER DZHE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1039	U+040F	1119	U+045F
UTF-8	208 143	D0 8F	209 159	D1 9F
Numeric character reference	Џ	Џ	џ	џ
Named character reference	Џ		џ
Code page 855	155	9B	154	9A
Windows-1251	143	8F	159	9F
ISO-8859-5	175	AF	255	FF
Macintosh Cyrillic	218	DA	219	DB

External links

• The dictionary definition ofЏat Wiktionary
• The dictionary definition ofџat Wiktionary