Zhani
18th letter of the three Georgian scripts

Zhani, Zhan, or Zhar1 (Asomtavruli: Ⴏ; Nuskhuri: ⴏ; 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
| Preview | Ⴏ | ⴏ | ჟ | Ჟ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR | GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER ZHAR | GEORGIAN LETTER ZHAR | GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR | ||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 4271 | U+10AF | 11535 | U+2D0F | 4319 | U+10DF | 7327 | U+1C9F |
| UTF-8 | 225 130 175 | E1 82 AF | 226 180 143 | E2 B4 8F | 225 131 159 | E1 83 9F | 225 178 159 | E1 B2 9F |
| Numeric character reference | Ⴏ | Ⴏ | ⴏ | ⴏ | ჟ | ჟ | Ჟ | Ჟ |
Sources and credits
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- Mkhedruli zh.svg by Created by გიგა., Public domain
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