Russian alphabet · letter 8 of 33 · The hissers

Ж ж

Name: жэ · IPA: [ʐ] · Sounds like: zh, "s" in measure, "j" in French bonjour

How to remember it: A beetle with six legs. Жук (zhuk) is a beetle, and it buzzes "zh".

Example words

• жена zhena – wife
• журнал zhurnal – magazine
• можно mozhno – may I

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