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ج	U+062C, ج ARABIC LETTER JEEM

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Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ج	ـج	ـجـ	جـ

ﺝ	U+FE9D, ﺝ ARABIC LETTER JEEM ISOLATED FORM

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ﺞ	U+FE9E, ﺞ ARABIC LETTER JEEM FINAL FORM

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[U+FE9D]

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[U+FE9F]

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ﺟ	U+FE9F, ﺟ ARABIC LETTER JEEM INITIAL FORM

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[U+FE9E]

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[U+FEA0]

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ﺠ	U+FEA0, ﺠ ARABIC LETTER JEEM MEDIAL FORM

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[U+FE9F]

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Acehnese

Pronunciation

(Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɟim]Category:Acehnese terms with IPA pronunciation#ج
(Phoneme) IPA^(key): [ɟ]Category:Acehnese terms with IPA pronunciation#ج

Letter

ج (jim) (no case)Category:Acehnese lemmas#ج Category:Acehnese letters#ج Category:Acehnese nouns#ج Category:Arabic script characters#ج Category:Acehnese entries with incorrect language header#ج Category:Pages with entries#ج Category:Pages with 23 entries#ج Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#ج

The fifth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Arabic

Etymology

From the Nabataean letter 𐢄 (l, “gimel”), derived from the Phoenician Category:Arabic terms derived from Phoenician#ج letter 𐤂 (l, “gimel”)Category:Phoenician terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ج, from an uncertain Egyptian Category:Arabic terms derived from Egyptian#ج hieroglyph (𓌙?). See also Classical Syriac ܓ (l, “gimel”), Hebrew ג (l, “gimel”), Ancient Greek Γ (G), Latin C and Latin G.

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːm/Category:Arabic 1-syllable words#ج Category:Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation#ج
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/Category:Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation#ج

It has many standard pronunciations in Modern Standard Arabic, which can also reflect the pronunciation in national varieties of Arabic:
- IPA^(key): [d͡ʒ]Category:Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation#ج in most of the Arabian Peninsula, Mesopotamia, parts of the Levant, parts of Egypt and in Central Algeria.
- IPA^(key): [ʒ]Category:Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation#ج in most of the Levant and most of north Africa;
- IPA^(key): [ɡ]Category:Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation#ج in most of Egypt and west Yemen and parts of Oman (e.g. Muscat dialect);
- IPA^(key): [ɟ]Category:Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation#ج in Sudan (with allophones) and south Yemen, and most likely in Classical Arabic.

When reciting the Quran, it is customarily pronounced as [d͡ʒ].

The letter is also used to represent the /t͡ʃ/ sound, especially by Gulf Arabic speakers.

Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jīm) (no case)Category:Arabic lemmas#ج Category:Arabic letters#ج Category:Arabic nouns#ج Category:Arabic script characters#ج Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ج Category:Arabic entries with incorrect language header#ج Category:Pages with entries#ج Category:Pages with 23 entries#ج Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#ج

The fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet, called جِيم (jīm) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ث (ṯ) and followed by ح (ḥ).

Symbol

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (jīm)Category:Arabic lemmas#ج Category:Arabic numeral symbols#ج Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ج Category:Arabic entries with incorrect language header#ج Category:Pages with entries#ج Category:Pages with 23 entries#ج Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#ج

The third numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ب (b) and followed by د (d).Category:Arabic ordinal numbers#ج

Noun

جCategory:Arabic lemmas#ج Category:Arabic nouns#ج Category:Arabic entries with incorrect language header#ج Category:Pages with entries#ج Category:Pages with 23 entries#ج Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#ج

(lexicography Category:ar:Lexicography#ج) abbreviation of جَمْع (jamʕ, “plural”)Category:Arabic abbreviations#ج
abbreviation of جُزْء (juzʔ, “part”)Category:Arabic abbreviations#ج

Balti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/, [d͡ʒ]Category:Balti terms with IPA pronunciation#ج

Letter

ج (j) (no case)Category:Balti lemmas#ج Category:Balti letters#ج Category:Balti nouns#ج Category:Arabic script characters#ج Category:Balti entries with incorrect language header#ج Category:Pages with entries#ج Category:Pages with 23 entries#ج Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#ج

The seventh letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʑ/, [dʑ~ʑ]Category:Burushaski terms with IPA pronunciation#ج

Letter

ج (j) (no case)Category:Burushaski lemmas#ج Category:Burushaski letters#ج Category:Burushaski nouns#ج Category:Arabic script characters#ج Category:Burushaski entries with incorrect language header#ج Category:Pages with entries#ج Category:Pages with 23 entries#ج Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#ج

The ninth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Chinese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂ/, [ʈ͡ʂ~ɖ͡ʐ]Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#ج

Letter

ج (no case)Category:Chinese lemmas#ج Category:Chinese letters#ج Category:Chinese nouns#ج Category:Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts#ج Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#ج Category:Pages with entries#ج Category:Pages with 23 entries#ج Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#ج

The seventh letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɡiːm/Category:Egyptian Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation#ج
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɡ/Category:Egyptian Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation#ج

Letter

ج / جـ / ـجـ / ـج • (gīm) (no case)Category:Egyptian Arabic lemmas#ج Category:Egyptian Arabic letters#ج Category:Egyptian Arabic nouns#ج Category:Arabic script characters#ج Category:Egyptian Arabic entries with incorrect language header#ج Category:Pages with entries#ج Category:Pages with 23 entries#ج Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#ج

The fifth letter of the Egyptian Arabic alphabet, called جيم and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ث (ṯāʔ, sāʔ, se) and followed by ح (ḥāʔ).