# Ж

| Ж | U+0416, &#1046; CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE |
| ← Е [U+0415] | Cyrillic | З → [U+0417] |

## Translingual
### Letter

Ж (lower case ж)
* A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

### Gallery

* Regular.
* Italics.
* Handwritten.

## Bashkir
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /ʐ/, /ʒ/

### Letter

Ж • (j) (upper case, lower case ж)
* 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)
* 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

## Eastern Mari
### Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж)
* The eighth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### 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, Ҥ ҥ, О о, Ӧ ӧ, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӱ ӱ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | ج |
| Cyrillic | Ж |
| Latin | J |
| Yañalif | Ç |

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

Ж • (J) (upper case, lower case ж)
* 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: /d͡ʒ/, (in loanwords) /ʒ/

### Letter

Ж • (J) (upper case, lower case ж)
* 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: /ʒ/
* (letter name): IPA: [ʒə]

### Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж) (italics: Ж, ж)
* The eighth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, 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: /tʃ/

### Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж)
* 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

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʒ]

### Letter

Ж (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж)
* The ninth letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ї ї, 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, Ю ю, Я я, Ь ь

## Russian
### Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж)
* The eighth letter of the Russian alphabet, called же (že), and 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
* Cyrillic script letter names: бу́квы (búkvy): а (a) · бэ (bɛ) · вэ (vɛ) · гэ (gɛ) · дэ (dɛ) · е (je) · ё (jo) · же (že) · зэ (zɛ) · и (i) · и́ кра́ткое (í krátkoje)/ий (ij) · ка (ka) · эл (el)~эль (elʹ) · эм (em) · эн (en) · о (o) · пэ (pɛ) · эр (er) · эс (es) · тэ (tɛ) · у (u) · эф (ef) · ха (xa) · цэ (cɛ) · че (če) · ша (ša) · ща (šča) · твёрдый зна́к (tvjórdyj znák) · ы (y)/еры́ (jerý) · мя́гкий зна́к (mjáxkij znák) · э (e)/э́ оборо́тное (é oborótnoje) · ю (ju) · я (ja)

### Noun

Ж • (Ž) f inan (indeclinable)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʒ]
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

Ж • (Ž) (upper case, lower case ж)
* The ninth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called же (že), and written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, 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, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

## Uzbek
### Letter

Ж (J) (upper case, lower case ж)
* The eighth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.