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Jha is the ninth consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, cha is derived from the Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter.

Āryabhaṭa numeration
Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of झ are:
 * झ = 9 (९)
 * झि = 900 (९००)
 * झु = 90,000 (९० ०००)
 * झृ = 9,000,000 (९० ०० ०००)
 * झॢ = 9 (९०८)
 * झे = 9 (९०१०)
 * झै = 9 (९०१२)
 * झो = 9 (९०१४)
 * झौ = 9 (९०१६)

Devanagari script
In many languages, झ is pronounced as or  when appropriate. In Marathi, झ is sometimes pronounced as or  in addition to  or.

Bengali script
ঝ is used as a basic consonant character in all of the major Bengali script orthographies, including Bengali and Assamese.