Ж

See also: ж, ӝ, -ж, and ж.

Ж U+0416, Ж CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE ← Е [U+0415] Cyrillic З → [U+0417]

Translingual

Letter

Ж (lower case ж)

1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʐ/, /ʒ/

Letter

Ж • (j) (upper case, lower case ж)

1. The tenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Ҙ ҙ, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ҡ ҡ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Ҫ ҫ, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ә ә, Ю ю, Я я

Bulgarian

Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж) (italics: Ж, ж)

1. The seventh letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и (Ѝ ѝ), Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

Kazakh

Cyrillic	Ж (J)
Arabic	ج‎ (ج)
Latin	J

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ж • (J) (upper case, lower case ж)

1. The tenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/, (in loanwords) /ʒ/

Letter

Ж • (J) (upper case, lower case ж)

1. The eighth letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called же (je), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

The letter Ж is only pronounced /ʒ/ in Russian loanwords. It is usually pronounced /d͡ʒ/.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж) (italics: Ж, ж)

1. The eighth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, called же (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ѓ ѓ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, Ѕ ѕ, И и, Ј ј, К к, Л л, Љ љ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ќ ќ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш

Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃ/

Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж)

1. The eighth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called жэ (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) үсэг; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Russian

Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case)

1. The eighth letter of the Russian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) бу́ква; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Noun

Ж • (Ž) f inan (indeclinable)

1. abbreviation of же́нская убо́рная (žénskaja ubórnaja, “women's restroom”): ladies' room, women's toilet

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Ž (Latin)

Letter

Ж (upper case, lower case ж)

1. The eighth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ђ ђ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ј ј, К к, Л л, Љ љ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ћ ћ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш

Tajik

Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж)

1. The ninth letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ӣ ӣ, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӯ ӯ, Ф ф, Х х, Ҳ ҳ, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ш ш, Ъ ъ, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

Uzbek

Letter

Ж (J) (upper case, lower case ж)

1. The eighth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.