J

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J
Codepoint	U+004A
I ← Basic Latin → K

Character	j
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER J
Codepoint	U+006A
I ← Basic Latin → K

See also j, and Appendix:Variations of "j"

Translingual

Wikipedia

Letter

J upper case (lower case j)

1. The tenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter J):  Ĵĵ  Ɉɉ  J̌ǰ  ȷ  ʝ  ɟ  ʄ  ᴊ  Ｊｊ  IJij  IJij  LJLjlj  LJLjlj  NJNjnj  NJNjnj

Symbol

J

1. (metrology) The symbol for joule, the unit of work or energy in the International System of Units
2. jack (playing card)

See also

Other representations of J:

NATO phonetic: Juliet Morse code: ·––– Braille: ⠚ ASL Manual: J

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of J, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase J in Fraktur

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒeɪ/, SAMPA: /dZeI/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Audio (UK)

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Letter

J uppercase (lowercase j)

1. The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• In some names beginning with "J" of northern or eastern European origin, "J" is pronounced as a "Y", for example in the former country of Jugoslavia, which in English more recently is more commonly spelled as Yugoslavia.
• In Spanish names and loanwords beginning with "J", the "J" is usually pronounced as an "H", for example in the name Julio.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz ^[edit]

Noun

J (plural Js or J's)

1. (slang) A term for a marijuana cigarette ('joint').

   I stepped outside to smoke myself a J. — Paul Simon, from the song "Late in the Evening"

Abbreviation

J

1. Journal
2. (law) Judge or justice, used after a name (plural JJ).

   1990: O'Loughlin J — Peabody v Commissioner of Taxation, Federal Court of Australia report [1]

3. As a prefix, Japanese (J-pop, J-rock, J-drama, etc.).

Related terms

• CJ

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe J)

1. The letter J

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Azeri

Letter

J upper case (lower case j)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz ^[edit]

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /jeː/

Letter

J (capital, lowercase j)

1. The tenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: I
• Next letter: K

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Esperanto

Letter

J upper case (lower case j)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called jo or je and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz ^[edit]

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɔt/

Letter

J (upper case, lower case j)

1. The tenth letter of the German alphabet.

Symbol

J

1. (chemistry) The chemical symbol of iodine.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA: /iˈlunɡa/
• (phonetic realization) IPA: [j], [ʒ], [dʒ] (varies according to the source language of the borrowed term)

Letter

J m. and f. inv. (lower case j)

1. The tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, called i lunga in Italian.

Usage notes

• The letter J is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found in loanwords and in Latinisms, where it is a variant of the letter I.

See also

• (Latin script letters) lettera; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, (Jj), (Kk), Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, (Ww), (Xx), (Yy), Zz ^[edit]
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Italian alphabet

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Latin

In Latin, the letter J is a modern typographical convention for the consonant form of I. The letter I in ancient times represented either a vowel or a consonant, see I for more information.

Pronunciation

• Classical: IPA: /j/

Letter

J

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒe/

Letter

J (capital, lowercase j)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /ʒ/. Preceded by Î and followed by K.

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Slovene

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Letter

J (capital, lowercase j)

1. The 11th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by I and followed by K.

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /tʃ/
• (letter name): IPA: /tʃæ/

Letter

J upper case (lower case j)

1. The fourth letter of the Somali alphabet, called ja and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The fourth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by T and followed by X.

See also

• (Latin script letters) '', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, KHkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, SHsh, DHdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu ^[edit]

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Spanish

Letter

J (upper case, lower case j)

1. The tenth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish

Letter

J upper case (lower case j)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called je and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz ^[edit]