Zhani

Zhani, Zhan, or Zhar¹ (Asomtavruli: Ⴏ; Nuskhuri: ⴏ; Mkhedruli: ჟ; Mtavruli: Ჟ; Georgian: ჟანი, ჟან) is the 18th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 90.^[2] Zhani commonly represents voiced palato-alveolar fricative /ʒ/,^[3] like the pronunciation of ⟨si⟩ in "vision". It is typically romanized with the digraph Zh or with the letter Ž.^[4]

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli

asomtavruli^[5]	nuskhuri^[6]	mkhedruli^[7]

Character information
Preview	Ⴏ		ⴏ		ჟ		Ჟ
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR^[8]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER ZHAR^[9]		GEORGIAN LETTER ZHAR^[8]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER ZHAR
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4271	U+10AF	11535	U+2D0F	4319	U+10DF	7327	U+1C9F
UTF-8	225 130 175	E1 82 AF	226 180 143	E2 B4 8F	225 131 159	E1 83 9F	225 178 159	E1 B2 9F
Numeric character reference	Ⴏ	Ⴏ	ⴏ	ⴏ	ჟ	ჟ	Ჟ	Ჟ

mkhedruli^[10]

Machavariani, p. 136
Mchedlidze, (2) p. 61
Aronson, Howard Isaac. Georgian: A Reading Grammar. — Columbus, OH : Slavica Publishers, 1990. — p. 18. — ISBN 978-0-89357-207-5
"Transliteration of Georgian" (PDF).
Mchedlidze, I, p. 105
Mchedlidze, I, p. 107
Mchedlidze, I, p. 110
Unicode (1)
Unicode (2)
UNESCO, World Braille Usage, Third Edition, Washington, D.C. p. 45

Mchedlidze, T. (1) The restored Georgian alphabet, Fulda, Germany, 2013
Mchedlidze, T. (2) The Georgian script; Dictionary and guide, Fulda, Germany, 2013
Machavariani, E. Georgian manuscripts, Tbilisi, 2011
The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (1) Georgian, 1991-2013
The Unicode Standard, Version 6.3, (2) Georgian Supplement, 1991-2013