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Dzhe or Gea (Џ џ; italics: ''Џ џ'') is a letter of the Cyrillic script used in Macedonian and varieties of Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian, Montenegrin, and Serbian) to represent the voiced postalveolar affricate , like the pronunciation of in “jump”. Sometimes, the name ''dzherv'' is used, following the pattern of traditional names such as ''cherv'' for and ''djerv'' or ''gjerv'' for . Dzhe corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs or , or to the letters Che with descender ((unicode:Ҷ ҷ)), Che with vertical stroke ((unicode:Ҹ ҹ)), Khakassian Che ((unicode:Ӌ ӌ)), Zhe with breve ((unicode:Ӂ ӂ)), Zhe with diaeresis ((unicode:Ӝ ӝ)), or Zhje ((unicode:Җ җ)). In the Latin version of Serbo-Croatian, it corresponds with the digraph which, like the digraphs and , is treated as a single letter, including in crosswords and other puzzles. Abkhaz uses it to represent the voiced retroflex affricate . The ligature џь is used to represent the sound. ==History== The origin of the letter Dzhe is the 15th century Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, where it began as a modified form of the letter .〔Maretić, Tomislav. ''Gramatika i stilistika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika''. 1899.〕 Serbian scribes began using it in the 17th century.〔Petar Đorđić, "Istorija srpske ćirilice", Belgrade 1970, p. 203〕 Vuk Karadžić included it in his Cyrillic script reform, after which the letter entered widespread use.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dzhe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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