j
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See also: J [U+004A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J], յ [U+0575 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER YI], Appendix:Variations of "j", and ᒎ [U+148E CANADIAN SYLLABICS COO]
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Translingual
Letter
j (upper case J)
- The tenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of IPA [jːɑː, ɑjɑː] with the sound [j]: (file)
Symbol
j
- (IPA) a palatal approximant a.k.a. yod.
- (superscript ⟨ʲ⟩, IPA) palatalization ([j]-coloring) of a consonant; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [j] – see ʲ.
- (pharmacy, obsolete) one.
- ℥j
- one ounce
- ℥j
- (physics) imaginary unit
Gallery
- Letter styles
- Normal and italic J
- Uppercase and lowercase J in Fraktur
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter J): Ĵĵ Ɉɉ J̌ǰ ȷ ϳ ʝ ɟ ʄ ᴊ Ｊｊ IJij IJij LJLjlj LJLjlj NJNjnj NJNjnj
Other representations of J:
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
j (lower case, upper case J, plural js or j's)
- The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
Derived terms
See also
Noun
j (plural js)
- (slang) A term for a marijuana cigarette ('joint').
- "I went outside to smoke myself a J" — Paul Simon, from the song "Late in the Evening" from the album, "One Trick Pony."
- (mathematics) An alternative version of i, the positive square root of -1; used in the context of electronics.
- (mathematics) The second unit vector, after i
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Suffix
j
- (Stenoscript) a suffix or final syllable /ʃən/ (-tion, -sion, etc.)
Araki
Pronunciation
Letter
j (uppercase J)
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Letter
j lower case (upper case J)
- The fifteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Basque
Pronunciation
Letter
j (lower case, upper case J)
- The tenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called jota and written in the Latin script.
See also
Catalan
Pronunciation
Letter
j (lower case, upper case J)
- The tenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called jota and written in the Latin script.
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Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
Letter
j (upper case J)
- A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ
Chipewyan
Pronunciation
Letter
j (upper case J)
- A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Czech
Letter
j (lower case, upper case J)
- The seventeenth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
Letter
j (lower case, upper case J)
- the tenth letter of the Dutch alphabet
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