# ج

| ج | U+062C, &#1580; ARABIC LETTER JEEM |
| ← ث [U+062B] | Arabic | ح → [U+062D] |
| ﺝ | U+FE9D, &#65181; ARABIC LETTER JEEM ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺜ [U+FE9C] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺞ → [U+FE9E] |
| ﺞ | U+FE9E, &#65182; ARABIC LETTER JEEM FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺝ [U+FE9D] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺟ → [U+FE9F] |
| ﺟ | U+FE9F, &#65183; ARABIC LETTER JEEM INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﺞ [U+FE9E] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺠ → [U+FEA0] |
| ﺠ | U+FEA0, &#65184; ARABIC LETTER JEEM MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﺟ [U+FE9F] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺡ → [U+FEA1] |

## Arabic
### Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢄 (l, “gimel”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (l, “gimel”), from an uncertain Egyptian hieroglyph (𓌙?). See also Classical Syriac ܓ (l, “gimel”), Hebrew ג (l, “gimel”), Ancient Greek Γ (G), Latin C and Latin G.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d͡ʒiːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d͡ʒ/
* It has many standard pronunciations in Modern Standard Arabic, which can also reflect the pronunciation in national varieties of Arabic:
** IPA: [d͡ʒ] in most of the Arabian Peninsula, Mesopotamia, parts of the Levant, parts of Egypt and in Central Algeria.
** IPA: [ʒ] in most of the Levant and most of north Africa;
** IPA: [ɡ] in most of Egypt and west Yemen and parts of Oman (e.g. Muscat dialect);
** IPA: [ɟ] in Sudan (with allophones) and south Yemen, and most likely in Classical Arabic.
When reciting the Quran, it is customarily pronounced as [d͡ʒ].

### Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jīm)
* The fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is جِيم (jīm), and is preceded by ث (ṯ) and followed by ح (ḥ).

### Symbol

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jīm)
* The third letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ب (b) and followed by د (d).

### Noun

ج
* (lexicography) Abbreviation of جَمْع (jamʕ, “plural”).

### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒ/, [d͡ʒ]

### Letter

ج (transliteration needed)
* The seventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic alphabet

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʑ/, [dʑ~ʑ]

### Letter

ج (transliteration needed)
* The ninth letter of the Burushaski alphabet

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʈ͡ʂ/, [ʈ͡ʂ~ɖ͡ʐ]

### Letter

ج
* The seventh letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

## Egyptian Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɡiːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɡ/

### Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (gīm)
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#### See also

* چ

## Hijazi Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d͡ʒiːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d͡ʒ/
* (allophones): IPA: [d͡ʒ], [ʒ]

### Letter

ج • (jīm)
* The fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is جِيم (jīm), and is preceded by ث (ṯāʔ) and followed by ح (ḥāʔ).

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d͡ʒiːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d͡ʒ/

### Letter

ج • (j)
* The tenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ث (s)
* Next letter: چ (c)

## Kazakh
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ʒim/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

ج • (j)
* The fifth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ж or sometimes the digraph Дж.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ت
* Next letter: چ
* Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d͡ʒim/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d͡ʒ/

### Letter

ج (jīm)
* The seventh letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ث
* Next letter: چ

## Kyrgyz
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /dʒe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /dʒ/

### Letter

ج • (je)
* The eighth letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Ж

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: يو
* Next letter: ز

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [d͡ʒem]
* (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [d͡ʒ]
* (Phoneme, Syllable initial, obsolete) IPA: [d͡ʒ], [t͡ʃ]
* (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [t͡ʃ]

### Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج
* The fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

#### See also

* Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /dʒim/
* (phoneme): IPA: /dʒ/

### Letter

ج • (jim)
* The seventh letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ث
* Next letter: ځ

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jîm)
* The sixth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ث and followed by چ. Its name is جیم.

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਜ (jajjā)
* (letter name): جیم (jīm)

### Etymology

From Classical Persian ج (jīm), from Arabic ج (jīm).

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d͡ʒiː.m/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d͡ʒ/

### Letter

ج • (jīm)
* The seventh letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ث (s̱e)
* Next letter: چ (ce)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡ʒ]

### Letter

ج
* (Bosnia, obsolete) The seventh letter of the Bosnian Arabic alphabet (Arebica), It is preceded by the letter د (D) and is followed by the letter ݗ (Đ). It corresponds to the modern-day Dž (Cyrillic Џ)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d͡ʒiːm/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d͡ʒ/

### Letter

ج • (jīm)
* The eleventh letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي
* Previous letter: پ
* Next letter: ڄ

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d͡ʒiːm/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d͡ʒ/

### Letter

ج • (jīm)
* The seventh letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ث (s)
* Next letter: چ (c)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d͡ʒe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d͡ʒ/

### Letter

ج • (je)
* The sixth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ت (t)
* Next letter: چ (ch)

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /d͡ʒí/
* (phoneme): IPA: /d͡ʒ/

### Letter

ج (j)
* The eleventh letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script j.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ج | ـج | ـجـ | جـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: اِ
* Next letter: ك