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Also known as dze, zelo, ds

Dze (Ѕ ѕ; italics: Ѕ ѕ or Ѕ ѕ; italics: Ѕ ѕ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used in the Macedonian alphabet to represent the voiced alveolar affricate , similar to the pronunciation of in "needs" or "kids" in English. It is derived from the letter dzelo or zelo of the Early Cyrillic alphabet, and it was used historically in all Slavic languages that use Cyrillic.

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Ѕ/ѕ is a letter in the Cyrillic script used in the Macedonian alphabet to represent a sound similar to the "ds" in English words like "needs" or "kids." Historically, this letter was used across various Slavic languages that employ the Cyrillic alphabet, though it is now primarily associated with Macedonian.

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Key facts

Grapheme.letter
Ѕ ѕ
Grapheme.script
Cyrillic
Grapheme.type
Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc
ic
Grapheme.name
Dze, (Early Cyrillic alphabet)
Grapheme.image
Cyrillic letter Dze - uppercase and lowercase.svg
Grapheme.imageclass
skin-invert-image
Grapheme.phonemes
[], []
Grapheme.number
6 (Cyrillic numerals)
Grapheme.fam1
Ϛ ϛ or Ϝ ϝ
Grapheme.language
Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian language
Grapheme.usageperiod
–19th century, 1944–present
Grapheme.variations
Ꙃ ꙃ, Ꙅ ꙅ
Grapheme.equivalents
Ẑ ẑ

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Wikidata facts

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Cyrylicka litera S.PNG
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Unicode character
ѕ
different from
S
Commons category
Cyrillic Zelo
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Article · 中文

Ѕ, ѕ(旧称 ѕѣло,dzělo,马其顿语称呼为 ѕе,dze)是一个马其顿语和托拉克语使用的西里尔字母。这个字母在10世纪时的早期西里尔字母之中也有出现,但后来随着时间推移,许多斯拉夫语言都将这一字母废弃,換成 дз,而马其顿语沿用至今,塞尔维亚-克罗地亚语方言托拉克语也使用这一字母。 它的形状虽然像拉丁字母 S,但是它与拉丁字母 S 无关。另有一个反转的变体为 ꙅ,还有变体字母 ꙃ。

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