j

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

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Symbol

j

1. (IPA) palatal approximant
2. (pharmacy, obsolete) one

   ℥j

   one ounce

3. (physics) imaginary unit

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  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:

Pronunciation

• enPR: jā, IPA^(key): /dʒeɪ/

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Letter

j (lower case, upper case J, plural j's)

1. The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.

Noun

j (plural js)

1. (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."

2. (mathematics) An alternative version of i, the positive square root of -1; used in the context of electronics.
3. (mathematics) The second unit vector, after i

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

j lower case (upper case J)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jeː/

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: i
• Next letter: k

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /i/
  • Conventional anglicization: i

Interjection

1. O! (vocative interjection)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of j  

j	j	j	j	jꜣ
[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Middle Kingdom]

Verb

1. (transitive) to say

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of j  

j	j	j

References

• Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926-1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 25
• Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 199, 319, 455

Pronunciation

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Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called jo and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. The twelfth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called jodd and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒ/

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʒ/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ʒe/

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

j m, f (invariable)

1. See under J

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Karelian alphabet, called jii and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v, Y y, Ä ä, Ö ö, '

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j]

Letter

J

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called jē and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronoun

j

1. Alternative form of I

References

• “ich (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

Pronunciation

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Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒe/

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): J

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /j/

Letter

j (Cyrillic spelling ј)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʝ/

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /x/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈxota/

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Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called je and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒ/

Letter

j (upper case J)

1. The eleventh letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called je and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

Letter

j (lower case, upper case J)

1. The tenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.