Je (Ј ј; italics: Ј ј) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, taken over from the Latin letter J. It commonly represents the palatal approximant , like the pronunciation of in "yes". History The Cyrillic letter ј was introduced in the 1818 Serbian dictionary of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, on the basis of the Latin letter j. Karadžić had previously used ї instead for the same sound, a usage he took from Dositej Obradović, and the final choice also notably edged out another expected candidate, й, used in every other standard Slavic-language Cyrillic script. Usage Related letters and other similar characters Е е : Cyrillic letter Ye Й й : Cyrillic letter Short I І і : Cyrillic letter Decimal I Ҋ ҋ : Cyrillic letter Short I with tail , : Cyrillic letter Je with belt J j : Latin letter J Y y : Latin letter Y Computing codes External links Notes