Zje (З́ з́; italics: ''З́ з́'') is a letter of the

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, formed from З with the addition of an acute accent. It is used in the

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. It represents the

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/ʑ/. It corresponds to the

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Ź.

Origins

It came into official use in mid- 2009, with the adoption of the Law on the Official Language in

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. The letter originates from

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Computing codes

Being a relatively recent letter, not present in any legacy 8-bit Cyrillic encoding, the letter З́ is not represented directly by a

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either; it has to be composed as З+ ◌́ (U+0301).

Origins

Computing codes

See also