Kje

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Kje

Kje ќ or Ḱ ḱ; italics: Ќ ќ or Ḱ ḱ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used only in the Macedonian alphabet, where it represents the voiceless palatal plosive /c/, or the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate /tɕ/.[1] Kje is the 24th letter in this alphabet. It is romanised as or sometimes ķ or kj.[2]

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Kje (Tje)
Usage
Writing systemCyrillic
TypeAlphabetic
Sound values[c], []
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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Words with this sound are most often cognates to those in Serbo-Croatian with ћ/ć and in Bulgarian with щ, т or к. For example, Macedonian ноќ (noḱ, night) corresponds to Serbo-Croatian ноћ/noć, and Bulgarian нощ (nosht). The common surname ending -ić is spelled -иќ in Macedonian.

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Character information
PreviewЌќ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KJE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KJE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode1036U+040C1116U+045C
UTF-8208 140D0 8C209 156D1 9C
Numeric character referenceЌЌќќ
Named character referenceЌќ
Code page 8551519715096
Windows-12511418D1579D
ISO-8859-5172AC252FC
Macintosh Cyrillic205CD206CE
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See also

  • The dictionary definition of Ќ at Wiktionary
  • The dictionary definition of ќ at Wiktionary

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