Ž

Ž U+017D, Ž LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON Composition: Z [U+005A] + ◌̌ [U+030C] ← ż [U+017C] Latin Extended-A ž → [U+017E]

• The letter Z with a háček.

Ž (lower case ž)

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• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter Z):  Źź  Ẑẑ  Žž  Żż  Ẓẓ  Ẕẕ  Ƶƶ  Ȥȥ  Ⱬⱬ  ᵶ  ᶎ  ʐ  ʑ  ɀ  ᴢ  Ｚｚ  DZDzdz  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  DŽDždž
• (Letters with háček):  Ǎǎ  Čč  Ďď  Ěě  Ǧǧ  Ȟȟ  Ǐǐ  J̌ǰ  Ǩǩ  Ľľ  Ňň  Ǒǒ  Řř  Šš  Ťť  Ǔǔ  Ǚǚ  Žž  Ǯǯ  DŽDždž  DŽDždž

Ž (lower case ž)

1. the final letter of the Czech alphabet, after z

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Estonian alphabet, called žee and written in the Latin script.

• Used only in loanwords.
• Sometimes written as zh.

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Ž on Wikipedia.

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-z or suhu-z and written in the Latin script.

• In the Finnish alphabet, Ž is a variant of Z.
• Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.
• Often spelled as z or zh, mainly due to technical restrictions (e.g. Ž cannot be directly typed with the standard Finnish keyboard layout).

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.^[1]

Used only in the digraph Dž.^[1]

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, Ȟ ȟ, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Ž (lower case ž)

1. A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), Aŋ aŋ (Áŋ áŋ), B b, Č č, Čh čh, Čʼ čʼ, E e (É é), G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ȟ ȟ, Ȟʼ ȟʼ, I i (Í í), Iŋ iŋ (Íŋ íŋ), K k, Kh kh, Kȟ kȟ, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Ph ph, Pȟ pȟ, Pʼ pʼ, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Š š, Šʼ šʼ, T t, Th th, Tȟ tȟ, Tʼ tʼ, U u (Ú ú), Uŋ uŋ (Úŋ úŋ), W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, ʼ

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.

• IPA^(key): [ʒ]

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called zē and written in the Latin script.

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. 32nd letter of the Lithuanian alphabet

• Appendix:Alphabets

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Ž (lower case ž)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called žet and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)

1. (Pan-Vlax) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (International Standard) Ź

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

Ž (upper case, lower case ž, Cyrillic spelling Ж)

1. 30th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet

• Appendix:Alphabets

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Ž (lower case ž)

1. The thirty-fourth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Ž (lower case ž)

1. The forty-sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

• “Ž”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Ž (capital, lowercase ž)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The thirty-fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The twenty-sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

• IPA^(key): /ʒ/

Ž (lower case ž)

1. A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.