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ʒ

latin small letter ezh

Ezh

In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), ʒ marks the voiced sound at the start of French jour. Some languages, including Skolt Sámi, also use it as a letter.

Text symbol

What ʒ means

It is a voiced, hushing consonant. French jour begins with it.

French also spells that sound with g before e or i.

Are ezh and yogh the same character?

No. Yogh ȝ is a separate medieval letter used in Middle English.

Unicode 1.0 called ʒ “Latin small letter yogh”; later charts call it ezh and list ȝ separately.

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IPA Phonetic Symbols

Who writes ʒ

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Don't confuse it with

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Latin Small Letter Esh

ʃ is its unvoiced counterpart: the same hiss without throat vibration.

Questions people ask

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Is “zh” the same as ʒ?

No. “zh” is a two-letter hint; ʒ is the IPA character.

How to type or find ʒ

Also called: tailed z · zh symbol
Search it as: zh · IPA · zh sound
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 0292, then AltX to get ʒ.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “latin small letter ezh”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 0292, then Enter or Space.

HTML

ʒ

CSS

\0292

Word for Windows

In Word for Windows, type 0292, then press AltX (checked 2026-10-08).

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

ʒ

HTML hex

ʒ

CSS content

content: "\0292";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%CA%92

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On screen

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Code points

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JS .length

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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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