J

See also: j and Appendix:Variations of "j"

J U+004A, J LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J ← I [U+0049] Basic Latin K → [U+004B]

Ｊ U+FF2A, Ｊ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J ← Ｉ [U+FF29] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｋ → [U+FF2B]

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TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

J (lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• (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

SymbolEdit

J

1. (metrology) The symbol for joule, the unit of work or energy in the International System of Units
2. jack (playing card)
3. Archaic form of I (“1”).

GalleryEdit

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of J, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase J in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of J:

NATO phonetic: Juliet Morse code: ·––– Braille: ⠚ ASL Manual: J

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• J.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Audio (UK)

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LetterEdit

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

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

Usage notesEdit

• In some names beginning with "J" of northern or eastern European origin, "J" is pronounced as a "Y", for example in the former country of Jugoslavia, which in English more recently is more commonly spelled as Yugoslavia.
• In Spanish names and loanwords beginning with "J", the "J" is usually pronounced as an "H", for example in the name Julio.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, 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, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

NounEdit

J (plural Js or J's or JJ)

1. (slang) (plural Js or J's) A marijuana cigarette. (Abbreviation of joint.)
   • 1980 July, Paul Simon (lyrics and music), “Late in the Evening”, in One-Trick Pony:

     I stepped outside to smoke myself a J.

2. In the name of a serial publication: abbreviation of Journal.
   • 1969, The Law Commission, Family Law: Report on Financial Provision in Matrimonial Proceedings (Law Com. No. 25)‎^[1], London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, OCLC 634701138, paragraph 29, note 57:

     "Custody or upbringing" is regarded as including access; yet in B. v. B. & F. above no regard was paid to the welfare of the infants which was irrelevant to the particular issue with which the court was concerned—namely whether children were "children of the family". But the effect was to deprive the husband of access and it seems clear that whether or not he was the father, access could have been awarded to him in an application other than under s. 34 of the 1965 Act if the welfare of the children so demanded: [1969] Cam. L.J. [Cambridge Law Journal] 37 […]

3. (law, postnominal) (plural JJ) Abbreviation of judge or justice.
   • 1992 June 3, Chief Justice Anthony Mason; Justice Michael McHugh, “Mabo v Queensland (No 2)”, in Australasian Legal Information Institute‎^[2], High Court of Australia:

     In the result, six members of the Court (Dawson J. dissenting) are in agreement that the common law of this country recognizes a form of native title which, in the cases where it has not been extinguished, reflects the entitlement of the indigenous inhabitants, in accordance with their laws or customs, to their traditional lands and that, subject to the effect of some particular Crown leases, the land entitlement of the Murray Islanders in accordance with their laws or customs is preserved, as native title, under the law of Queensland. The main difference between those members of the Court who constitute the majority is that, subject to the operation of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), neither of us nor Brennan J. agrees with the conclusion to be drawn from the judgments of Deane, Toohey and Gaudron JJ. that, at least in the absence of clear and unambiguous statutory provision to the contrary, extinguishment of native title by the Crown by inconsistent grant is wrongful and gives rise to a claim for compensatory damages.

4. (Britain, road transport) Abbreviation of junction.

   The Highways Agency plan to close J10 of the M5 to refurbish the motorway bridge.

Related termsEdit

• CJ (law)

ReferencesEdit

• “Judges and Officials”, in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 19th edition, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Law Review Association, 2010, →ISBN, Table T11, page 443.

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American Sign LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe J)

1. The letter J

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AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

J upper case (lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /jeː/

• Audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

J (capital, lowercase j)

1. The tenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

• Previous letter: I
• Next letter: K

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EsperantoEdit

LetterEdit

J (upper case, lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

J (upper case, lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, 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, Q q, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /jɔt/

LetterEdit

J (upper case, lower case j)

1. The tenth letter of the German alphabet.

SymbolEdit

J

1. (chemistry) The chemical symbol of iodine.
2. (card games) A jack, also called Junge.

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

LetterEdit

J (lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, 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, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /iˈlunɡa/
• (phonetic realization) IPA^(key): [j], [ʒ], [dʒ] (varies according to the source language of the borrowed term)

LetterEdit

J m, f (invariable, lower case j)

1. The tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, called i lunga in Italian.

Usage notesEdit

• The letter J is not considered part of the Italian alphabet. It is found in loanwords and in Latinisms, where it is a variant of the letter I.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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LatinEdit

In Latin, the letter J is a modern typographical convention for the consonant form of I. The letter I in ancient times represented either a vowel or a consonant, see I for more information.

PronunciationEdit

• Classical: IPA^(key): /j/

LetterEdit

J

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

ReferencesEdit

• J in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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LatvianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [j]

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LetterEdit

J

J (upper case, lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃ]

LetterEdit

J

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, 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, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

J (upper case, lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʒe/

LetterEdit

J (upper case, lower case j)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /ʒ/. Preceded by Î and followed by K.

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SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʼ/

LetterEdit

J

1. The thirteenth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʝ/

LetterEdit

J (lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• (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

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SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

J (capital, lowercase j)

1. The 11th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by I and followed by K.

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SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /tʃ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /tʃæ/

LetterEdit

J upper case (lower case j)

1. The fourth letter of the Somali alphabet, called ja and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

1. The fourth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by T and followed by X.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

J (upper case, lower case j)

1. The tenth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

J (upper case, lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

J (upper case, lower case j)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, 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, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z