Abkhazian Dze

Not to be confused with Ezh.

Abkhazian Dze (Ӡ ӡ; italics: Ӡ ӡ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It is used in the Abkhazian language where it represents the voiced alveolar affricate /dz/, pronounced like ⟨ds⟩ in "pods".

Cyrillic letter Abkhazian Dze
Phonetic usage:	[d͡z]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
А А́ А̀ А̂ А̄ Ӓ Б В Г Ґ Д Ђ Ѓ Е Е́ Ѐ Е̂ Е̄ Ё Є Є́ Ж З З́ Ѕ И І І́ Ї И́ Ѝ И̂ Ӣ Й Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О О́ О̀ О̂ Ō Ӧ П Р С С́ Т Ћ Ќ У У́ У̀ У̂ Ӯ Ў Ӱ Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш Щ Ъ Ъ̀ Ы Ы́ Ь Ѣ Э Э́ Ю Ю́ Ю̀ Я Я́ Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ А̊ А̃ Ӓ̄ А̨ Ӕ Ә Ә́ Ә̀ Ә̃ Ӛ Ә̄ В̌ Ғ Г̑ Г̣ Г̌ Г̂ Г̆ Г̈ Ҕ Ӻ Ғ̌ Ӷ Д́ Д̀ Д̌ Д̈ Д̣ Д̆ Ӗ Е̃ Ё̄ Є̈ Җ Ӝ Ӂ Ж̣ Ҙ Ӟ З̌ З̣ З̆ Ԑ Ԑ́ Ԑ̈ Ӡ И̃ И̂ Ӥ Ҋ І̄́ І̨ Ј̵ Қ К̈ Ӄ Ҡ Ҟ Ҝ К̣ Ԛ Л́ Л̀ Ӆ Ԯ Ԓ Л̈ Ӎ Н́ Н̀ Н̃ Ӊ Ң Ԩ Ӈ Ҥ О̆ О̃ Ӧ̄ Ө Ө̄ Ө́ Ө̆ Ӫ Ҩ Ԥ П̈ Р́ Р̌ Ҏ С̀ С̌ Ҫ С̣ Т́ Т̈ Т̌ Т̣ Ҭ Т‍Ь У̃ Ӳ У̊ Ӱ̄ Ү Ү́ Ү̈ Ұ Х̣ Х̱ Х̮ Х̑ Х̌ Ҳ Ӽ Ӿ Һ Һ̈ Һ̌ Ԧ Ц́ Ц̌ Ц̈ Ҵ Ч̀ Ҷ Ҷ̣ Ӵ Ӌ Ҹ Ч̇ Ч̣ Ҽ Ҿ Ш̆ Ш̈ Ш̣ Ы̆ Ы̄ Ӹ Ҍ Э̆ Э̄ Э̇ Ӭ Ӭ́ Ӭ̄ Ю̆ Ю̈ Ю̈́ Ю̄ Я̆ Я̄ Я̈ Я̈́ Ԝ Ӏ
Archaic letters
Б̣ Ԁ Ԃ Ꚁ Ꚅ Ꙃ Ꙅ Ꙁ Ԅ Ԇ Ꚉ Ꚃ Ꚕ І̂ Ꙇ Ꙉ Ԟ К̂ Ԉ Ԡ Н̄ Ԋ Ԣ Ѻ Ꙩ Ꙫ Ꙭ ꙮ Ꚙ Ꚛ Ҧ Ҁ Ԍ Ԏ Ꚋ Ꚍ Ѹ Ꙋ Ѡ Ꙍ Ѿ Ꙡ Ꚏ Ꚓ Ꚇ Ꚗ Ꙏ Ꙑ Ы̃ Ѣ́ Ѣ̈ Ѣ̆ Ꙓ Ꙕ Ꙗ Ѥ Ѧ Ꙙ Ѫ Ꙛ Ѩ Ꙝ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ Ѷ Ꙟ Ԙ Ꙣ Ꙥ Ꙧ Ԕ Ԗ Ꚑ Ԫ Ԭ Г̧ Г̄ К̅ З̀ Т̀
List of Cyrillic letters Cyrillic digraphs
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This letter was also used in one 1937 proposal (not adopted) for the Karelian language.

The letter looks very similar in shape to Latin Ezh (Ʒ, ʒ), but the uppercase form of the Abkhazian Dze has no descender or has a shortened tail.

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ӡ		ӡ
Unicode name	CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ABKHASIAN DZE		CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER ABKHASIAN DZE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1248	U+04E0	1249	U+04E1
UTF-8	211 160	D3 A0	211 161	D3 A1
Numeric character reference	Ӡ	Ӡ	ӡ	ӡ

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See also

• Ʒ ʒ : Latin letter Ezh
• S s : Cyrillic letter Dze (Macedonian Dze)
• Cyrillic characters in Unicode

References

1. Unicode Consortium (2000). The Unicode standard, version 3.0, Volume 1. University of Michigan: Addison-Wesley. p. 354. ISBN 9780201616330.