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This article is about the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet. For other uses, see J (disambiguation).
For technical reasons, "J#" redirects here. For the programming language, see J Sharp.
For the Cyrillic letter Ј, see Je (Cyrillic).
J, or j, is the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual name in English is jay (pronounced /ˈdʒeɪ/), with a now-uncommon variant jy /ˈdʒaɪ/.[2][3]
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Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Latin language |
Sound values | |
In Unicode | U+004A, U+006A, U+0237 |
Alphabetical position | 10 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | 14th century[1] to present |
Descendants | • Ɉ • Tittle • J |
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Associated graphs | j(x), ij |
Writing direction | Left-to-right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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When used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the voiced palatal approximant (the sound of "y" in "yes") it may be called yod or jod (pronounced /ˈjɒd/ or /ˈjoʊd/).[4]