Dje

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Cyrillic letter Dje
Unicode (hex)
majuscule: U+0402
minuscule: U+0452
Cyrillic alphabet
А	Б	В	Г	Ґ	Д	Ѓ
Ђ	Е	Ѐ	Ё	Є	Ж	З
Ѕ	И	Ѝ	І	Ї	Й	Ј
К	Л	Љ	М	Н	Њ	О
П	Р	С	Т	Ћ	Ќ	У
Ў	Ф	Х	Ц	Ч	Џ	Ш
Щ	Ъ	Ы	Ь	Э	Ю	Я
Non-Slavic letters
Ӑ	Ӓ	Ә	Ӛ	Ӕ	Ғ	Ӷ
Ҕ	Ӗ	Ҽ	Ҿ	Ӂ	Җ	Ӝ
Ҙ	Ӟ	Ӡ	Ӥ	Ӣ	Ӏ	Ҋ
Қ	Ҟ	Ҡ	Ӄ	Ҝ	Ӆ	Ӎ
Ҥ	Ң	Ӊ	Ӈ	Ӧ	Ө	Ӫ
Ҩ	Ҧ	Ҏ	Ҫ	Ҭ	Ӳ	Ӱ
Ӯ	Ү	Ұ	Ҳ	Һ	Ҵ	Ӵ
Ҷ	Ӌ	Ҹ	Ӹ	Ҍ	Ӭ
Archaic letters
Ҁ	Ѹ	Ѡ	Ѿ	Ѻ	Ѣ	ІА
Ѥ	Ѧ	Ѫ	Ѩ	Ѭ	Ѯ	Ѱ
Ѳ	Ѵ	Ѷ	Ꙟ
List of Cyrillic letters

Dje, or Djerv (Ђ, ђ) is the sixth letter of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, used in the Serbian language to represent the sound /ʥ/, a voiced alveolo-palatal affricate, similar to the English "j" sound. It was adapted by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić from ћ.

The name Dje is actually a provisional designation, as Serbian letters are not named. When spelling is required, it is pronounced as /ʥə/.

Dje corresponds to Đ/đ in the Serbian Latin alphabet, and is transliterated thus, although sometimes it is transliterated (though considered incorrect by most) as dj. The letter was also used to write the Serbo-Croatian language prior to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. The Macedonian letter Gje (Ѓ) is considered a cognate to Dje.

[edit] Code positions

Character encoding	Case	Decimal	Hexadecimal	Octal	Binary
Unicode	Capital	1026	0402	002002	0000010000000010
	Small	1106	0452	002122	0000010001010010
ISO 8859-5	Capital	162	a2	242	0010100010
	Small	242	f2	362	0011110010
Windows 1251	Capital	128	80	200	0010000000
	Small	144	90	220	0010010000

Its HTML entities are: Ђ or Ђ for capital and ђ or ђ for small letter.