Cyrillic letter Kje (Tje)
Cyrillic letter Kje - uppercase and lowercase.svg
Phonetic usage:[c], [tɕ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀А̂А̄ӒБВ
ГҐДЂЃЕЕ́Ѐ
Е̄Е̂ЁЄЄ́ЖЗЗ́
ЅИІІ́ЇЇ́И́Ѝ
И̂ӢЙЈКЛЉМ
НЊОО́О̀О̂ŌӦ
ПРСС́ТЋЌУ
У́У̀У̂ӮЎӰФХ
ЦЧЏШЩЪЪ̀Ы
Ы́ЬѢЭЭ́ЮЮ́Ю̀
ЯЯ́Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌ԜГ̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂
Г̆Г̈ҔҒCyrillic capital letter Ghe with stroke and descender.svgӺҒ̌Ӷ
Cyrillic capital letter Ghe with hook.svgД́Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃
Ё̄Є̈ҖӜӁЖ̣ҘӞ
З̌З̣З̆ԐԐ̈ӠИ̃Ӥ
ҊҚӃҠҞҜК̣Ԛ
Л́ӅԮԒЛ̈ӍН́
ӉҢԨӇҤО̆О̃Ӧ̄
ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆ӪԤП̈Ҧ
Р̌ҎС̌ҪС̣С̱Т́Т̈
Т̌Т̇Т̣ҬCyrillic capital letter Te Soft-sign.svgУ̃ӲУ̊
Ӱ̄ҰҮҮ́Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑
Х̌ҲӼӾҺԦЦ̌Ц̈
ҴҶҶ̣ӴӋCyrillic capital letter Che with hook.svgҸЧ̇
Ч̣ҼҾШ̈Ш̣Ы̆Ы̄
ӸҌҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇Ӭ
Ӭ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄Я̆Я̄
Я̈Я̈́Ӏ
Archaic or unused letters
Cyrillic capital letter script A.svgА̨Б̀Б̣В̀Г̀Г̧Г̄
Г̓Г̆Ҕ̀Ҕ̆Cyrillic capital letter split by middle ring Ghe.svgД̓Д̀Д̨
ԀԂЕ̇Е̨Ж̑Cyrillic small letter Zhe with long middle leg and stroke through descender.svg
Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Ie.svgЏ̆Ꚅ̆З̀
З̑ԄԆԪCyrillic capital letter Shha with Cil top.svg
І̂І̨Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Dha.svgЈ̵Ј̃К̓
К̀К̆Ӄ̆К̑К̇К̈К̄Ԟ
К̂Cyrillic small letter Ka with loop.svgCyrillic small letter ka with ascender.svgЛ̀ԠԈЛ̑
Л̇ԔМ̀М̃Н̀Н̄Н̧
Н̃ԊԢН̡Ѻ
Cyrillic capital letter open at bottom O.svgП̓П́П̧
П̑ҀԚ̆Cyrillic capital letter Shha with hook.svgР́Р̀Р̃Ԗ
С̀С̈ԌҪ̓Cyrillic capital letter long Es.svgТ̓Т̀Ԏ
Т̑Т̧Ꚍ̆Cyrillic small letter Te El Soft-sign.svgCyrillic small letter voiceless L with comma above.svgѸ
Cyrillic capital letter script U.svgУ̇У̨Ф̑Ф̓Х́Х̀
Х̆Х̇Х̧Х̓Cyrillic capital letter bashkir Ha.svgѠѼ
ѾЦ́Ц̓Cyrillic capital letter Tse with long left leg.svgꚎ̆Cyrillic capital letter Cil.svg
Cyrillic capital letter Cil with bar.svgЧ́Ч̀Ч̑Ч̓Cyrillic capital letter Char.svgԬ
Ꚇ̆Ҽ̆Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆
Ꚗ̆Cyrillic capital letter Che Sha.svgЫ̂Ы̃Ѣ́Ѣ̈
Ѣ̆Э̨Ю̂Я̂Я̨
ԘѤѦѪѨ
ѬѮѰѲѴѶ

Kje (Ќ ќ; italics: Ќ ќ) 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 ⟨ḱ⟩ or sometimes ⟨ķ⟩ or ⟨kj⟩.[2]

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.

Related letters and other similar characters

Computing codes

Character information
Preview Ќ ќ
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KJE CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KJE
Encodings decimal hex dec hex
Unicode 1036 U+040C 1116 U+045C
UTF-8 208 140 D0 8C 209 156 D1 9C
Numeric character reference Ќ Ќ ќ ќ
Named character reference Ќ ќ
Code page 855 151 97 150 96
Windows-1251 141 8D 157 9D
ISO-8859-5 172 AC 252 FC
Macintosh Cyrillic 205 CD 206 CE

See also

References

  1. ^ Corbett, Professor Greville; Comrie, Professor Bernard (September 2003). The Slavonic Languages. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-86137-6.
  2. ^ Campbell, George L.; Moseley, Christopher (2013-05-07). The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-22296-3.