ج
The Arabic letter ج (jīm): sound, forms and words
ج, called jīm, is letter 5 of the 28 in the Arabic alphabet. How it sounds: j as in jam. It joins the letter after it, so it has four written forms.
How ج is written
- جAlone
- جStart
- جMiddle
- جEnd
Arabic words that begin with ج
From the Fasaha dictionary, easiest first. Each word opens its own page with meaning, root and forms.
- جَدِيدjadīd · new A0
- جُحَاJuḥā · Juha (the folk character) A0
- جَدَّةjadda · grandmother A0
- جَمِيلjamīl · beautiful A0
- جِدًّاjiddan · very A0
- جَامِعjāmiʿ · mosque (congregational) A1
- جَامِعَةjāmiʿa · university A1
- جُمُعَةjumuʿa · Friday A1
- جَوَابjawāb · answer A1
- جُمْلَةjumla · sentence A1
- جَبَلjabal · mountain A1
- جُزْءjuzʾ · part, portion A2
Questions about ج
- How do you pronounce the Arabic letter ج?
- ج (jīm) sounds like this: j as in jam.
- Does ج join the next letter?
- Yes. ج joins the letter after it, so it has separate start, middle and end shapes: ج, ج, ج.
- What number is ج in the Arabic alphabet?
- ج is letter 5 of 28, after ث (thāʾ) and before ح (ḥāʾ).