ズ

ズ U+30BA, ズ KATAKANA LETTER ZU Composition: ス [U+30B9] + ◌゙ [U+3099] ← ス [U+30B9] Katakana セ → [U+30BB]

Stroke order

• IPA^(key): [d͡zɨᵝ], [zɨᵝ]

The katakana character ス (su) with a dakuten (゛).

ズ • (zu) 

1. The katakana syllable ズ (zu). Its equivalent in hiragana is ず (zu).

The katakana syllabary is used primarily for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of gairaigo (loan words), as well as to represent onomatopoeias, technical and scientific terms, and the names of plants, animals, and minerals. It is also occasionally used in some words for emphasis, or to ease reading; katakana may be preferred for words becoming buried in the text if they are written under their canonical form in hiragana. Names of Japanese companies, as well as certain Japanese language words such as colloquial terms, are also sometimes written in katakana rather than the other systems. Formerly, female given names were often written in katakana.^[edit]

• (Katakana) 片仮名; アァ, イィ, ウゥヴ, エェ(𛀀), オォ, カヵガ, キギ, クㇰグ, ケヶゲ, コ𛅕 (𛅕)ゴコ゚, サザ, シㇱジ, スㇲズ, セゼ, ソゾ, タダ, チヂ, ツッヅ, テデ, トㇳド, ナ, ニ, ヌㇴ, ネ, ノ, ハㇵバパ, ヒㇶビピ, フㇷブプ, ヘㇸベペ, ホㇹボポ, マ, ミ, ムㇺ, メ, モ, ヤャ, 𛄠 (𛄠), ユュ, エ/𛄡 (𛄡), ヨョ, ラㇻラ゚, リㇼリ゚, ルㇽル゚, レㇾレ゚, ロㇿロ゚, ワヮヷ, ヰ𛅤 (𛅤)ヸ, 𛄢 (𛄢), ヱ𛅥 (𛅥)ヹ, ヲ𛅦 (𛅦)ヺ, ン𛅧 (𛅧), ー, ヽ, ヾヿ

• (Southern Min additional) ウ̅ゥ̅, オ̅, カ̣,キ̣, ク̣, ケ̣, コ̣, サ̅サ̣̅, セ̅セ̣̅, ソ̅ソ̣̅, タ̣, チ̣, チ̅チ̣̅, ツ̣ツ̅ツ̣̅, テ̣, ト̣, パ̣, ピ̣, プ̣, ペ̣, ポ̣, 𚿰𚿷, 𚿱𚿸, 𚿲𚿺, 𚿳𚿻, 𚿵𚿽, 𚿶𚿾,

Humorous borrowing from the English -s plural marker.

ズ • (-zu) 

1. (jokingly) group of …-s
   • 1996, Mariko Tanaka, Takarazuka Tankentai ga Iku, →ISBN:

     […]自(じ)分(ぶん)たちのことを心(しん)配(ぱい)してくれたその感(かん)激(げき)のほうが大(おお)きかったらしく、その高(こう)校(こう)生(せい)ズはますますジュンコさんにハマってしまったそうだ。

     […] Jibun tachi no koto o shinpai shite kureta sono kangeki no hō ga ōkikatta rashiku, sono kōkōseizu wa masumasu junko san ni hamatte shimatta sōda.

     (please add an English translation of this example)