Dzhe

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Cyrillic letter Dzhe
Cyrillic alphabet
А	Б	В	Г	Ґ	Ѓ	Д
Ђ	Е	Ѐ	Ё	Є	Ж	З
Ѕ	И	Ѝ	І	Ї	Й	Ј
К	Ќ	Л	Љ	М	Н	Њ
О	П	Р	С	Т	Ћ	У
Ў	Ф	Х	Ц	Ч	Џ	Ш
Щ	Ъ	Ы	Ь	Э	Ю	Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ	Ӓ	Ә	Ӛ	Ӕ	Ҕ	Ӗ
Ғ	Ӷ	Ӏ	Ӂ	Җ	Ӝ	Ҙ
Ӟ	Ӡ	Ӣ	Ӥ	Ҋ	Ҡ	Қ
Ҟ	Ҝ	Ӄ	Ӆ	Ӎ	Ң	Ҥ
Ӊ	Ӈ	Ө	Ӫ	Ӧ	Ҧ	Ҏ
Ҫ	Ҷ	Ҹ	Ӵ	Ҽ	Ҿ	Ӌ
Ҩ	Ҳ	Һ	Ҭ	Ҵ	Ӳ	Ӯ
Ү	Ұ	Ӱ	Ӹ	Ҍ	Ӭ
Archaic letters
Ҁ	Ѹ	Ѡ	Ѿ	Ѻ	Ѣ	ІА
Ѥ	Ѧ	Ѫ	Ѩ	Ѭ	Ѯ	Ѱ
Ѳ	Ѵ	Ѷ

Dzhe (Џ, џ) is a letter of Vuk Karadžić's Cyrillic alphabet reform, used in Serbian and Macedonian to represent the affricate /ʤ/ (like the J in English "jump"). It corresponds to the digraphs дж or чж or the letters җ (Zhje), ҷ, or ӂ from some other Cyrillic alphabets and writing systems.

The name Dzhe is actually a provisional designation, as Serbian letters are not named. When spelling is required, it is pronounced as /ʤə/. Sometimes, the name Dzherv is used, following the pattern of traditional names such as Cherv for Ч and Djerv or Gjerv for Ћ.

The origin of the letter Dzhe is the 15th century Romanian Cyrillic alphabet. Serbian scribes began using it in the 17th century.^[1]

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1. ^ Петар Ђорђић, "Историја српске ћирилице", Београд, 1970, p. 203

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