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.

Letter

asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedrulimtavruli

Three-dimensional

asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedruli

Stroke order

asomtavrulinuskhurimkhedruli

Computer encodings

Character information
PreviewႯⴏჟᲟ
Unicode nameGEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZHARGEORGIAN SMALL LETTER ZHARGEORGIAN LETTER ZHARGEORGIAN 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

Braille

mkhedruli

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Unicode name of this letter

Bibliography

  • Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
  • Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
  • Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
  • The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) , 1991-2013
  • The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) , 1991-2013