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Zhani

18th letter of the three Georgian scripts

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Zhani, Zhan, or Zhar1 (Asomtavruli: ; Nuskhuri: ; Mkhedruli: ჟ; Mtavruli: Ჟ; Georgian: ჟანი, ჟან) is the 18th letter of the three Georgian scripts.

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 90. Zhani commonly represents voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/, like the pronunciation of si in "vision". It is typically romanized with the digraph Zh or with the letter Ž.

01Letter

asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli mtavruli

Three-dimensional

asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli nuskhuri mkhedruli

02Computer encodings

Character information
Preview
Unicode name GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER ZHAR GEORGIAN LETTER ZHAR GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode4271U+10AF11535U+2D0F4319U+10DF7327U+1C9F
UTF-8225 130 175E1 82 AF226 180 143E2 B4 8F225 131 159E1 83 9F225 178 159E1 B2 9F
Numeric character referenceႯႯⴏⴏჟჟᲟᲟ
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