ж

See also: Ж, ӝ, -ж, ж., and җ

Translingual

Cyrillic letter Ж ж (Ж ж), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Etymology

Possibly from the Glagolitic letter Ⰶ/ⰶ (, zhivete), and that possibly from two Hebrew shins ש, one placed above the other and with the lower one inverted.

Letter

ж (lower case, upper case Ж)

1. Lowercase Cyrillic letter zhe.

See also

• Search Wiktionary for articles beginning with: Ж, ж

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ج
Cyrillic	ж
Latin	j
Yañalif	ç

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʒ/, [dʒ]

Letter

ж • (j) (lower case, upper case Ж)

1. The tenth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

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

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Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐ]

Letter

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

1. The eighth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.

Usage notes

Its name is же (že) and it sounds like the s in pleasure.

See also

It is preceded by Ё (Jo) and followed by З (Z).

Etymology 2

Particle

ж • (ž)

1. Apocopic form of же (že)

Etymology 3

Noun

ж • (ž) m inan (indeclinable)

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of же́нский род (žénskij rod, “feminine gender”).

Synonyms

• ж. (ž.)

Etymology 4

Noun

ж • (ž) f inan (indeclinable)

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

Synonyms

• Ж (Ž)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʐ/

Letter

ж (lower case, upper case Ж)

1. The 8th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: е
• Next letter: з

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of женски род.

Noun

ж m (Roman spelling ž)

1. (grammar) feminine gender

Synonyms

• ж.