EDIT 8th letter of the Russian alphabet and upper case letter corresponding to ж (U+0436). International (ISO) and German (DIN) standard transliteration: U+017D, Russian (GOST) and English (both BSI and ALA) transliteration: /zh/, e.g. М. М. Жванецкий = M. M. Zhvanetsky (popular Soviet and contemporary Russian satirist and stand-up comedian artist).

In combination with д - /d/, this letter transcribes the English letters /j/ and /g/ (if followed by /e/ or /i/), e.g. Джон = John, Джордж = George.
Likewise, it is used to transcribe the French /j/, e.g. Жанна д\'Арк = Jeanne d\'Arc.
Similarly, this letter in Russian is used in English and French foreign and loan words, e.g. джаз = jazz, журнал = journal.

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