J

Etymology
From a modification of the letter, from the  letter , from the  letter , derived from the  letter , from the  hieroglyph.

Letter

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

Symbol

 * 1)  The symbol for joule, the unit of work or energy in the International System of Units
 * 2) jack playing card
 * 3)  A wildcard for a palatal consonant
 * 4)  position of the jaw (modified for protruded, offset, etc.)
 * 1)  position of the jaw (modified for protruded, offset, etc.)

Usage notes

 * 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.

Noun

 * 1)  (plural Js or J's) A marijuana cigarette.
 * 2) In the name of a serial publication:
 * 3)  (plural JJ)
 * 4)  (plural Js or J's) an  shoe
 * 1) In the name of a serial publication:
 * 2)  (plural JJ)
 * 3)  (plural Js or J's) an  shoe
 * 1)  (plural Js or J's) an  shoe
 * 1)  (plural Js or J's) an  shoe
 * 1)  (plural Js or J's) an  shoe
 * 1)  (plural Js or J's) an  shoe
 * 1)  (plural Js or J's) an  shoe
 * 1)  (plural Js or J's) an  shoe
 * 1)  (plural Js or J's) an  shoe

Related terms

 * CJ
 * JA

Translations

 * Danish: Kn
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: G
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

Symbol

 * 1)  mat, used as a unit of floorspace area (Kyoto tatami are 0.955 by 1.91 m, Nagoya 0.91 by 1.82 m, Tokyo 0.88 by 1.76 m).

Noun

 * 1) J

Etymology

 * are from West Germanic stem-initial *j; from stem-internal *g; from stem-initial *g in Ripuarian and northernmost Moselle Franconian.

Usage notes

 * After back vowels, (see ) is used instead of  with few exceptions. The difference between these is thus widely allophonic.


 * Intervocalically after short (front) vowels, j may be doubled to.
 * In the syllable coda, j is replaced with in the German-based spelling,  in the Dutch-based spelling.

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  penis
 * 2)  person

Verb

 * 1) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual
 * 2)  to fantasize; to fantasize about something for the feel-good feeling

Etymology 2
From the letter J of the English pattern playing cards. Various names exist for this symbol in the spoken language.
 * Mandarin gōu
 * From, because the letter J resembles a hook.


 * Cantonese zik1
 * Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  jack

Usage notes

 * 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
 * The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Letter

 * 1) The tenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Symbol

 * 1)  The chemical symbol of iodine.
 * 2)  A jack, also called Junge.

Letter

 * 1) the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, called  in Italian

Usage notes

 * The letter is not considered part of the contemporary Italian alphabet. It is found in loanwords, including Latinisms, where it is a variant of the letter.
 * Until the early 20th century, however, it was common (though surely not obligatory) to replace with  when it had the sound  and was both preceded and followed by a vowel; thus  was also written.

Latin
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.

Letter

 * 1) A letter of the Latin alphabet.

Etymology
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.

Letter




Letter

 * 1) the tenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notes
In old inscriptions and texts may be replaced by i. In neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is usually replaced with the rune ᛁ (sometimes with a dot ontop, so it looks like the letter İ)

Etymology 2
, a short form of joint

Noun

 * 1)  a joint (marijuna cigarette)

Usage notes

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

Letter

 * 1) the tenth letter of the Spanish alphabet

Letter

 * 1) the tenth letter of the Swedish alphabet

Etymology
. Each pronunciation has a different source:
 * Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by.
 * Abecedario pronunciation is from.

Usage notes

 * This letter is mostly used only in slang, proper nouns, or unadapted loanwords.
 * Some purists of Tagalog replace J in words with DY.

Usage notes

 * Some Spanish words originally with Spanish J tend to be replaced with H in Tagalog.

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by  and followed by .

Mutation

 * J cannot be mutated in Welsh.