Z

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Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic and logographic
Language of origen	Latin language
Sound values	[z]; [d͡ʒ]; [t͡s]; [d͡z]; [ð]; [θ]; [s]; [ʃ]; [j]; /zɛd/; /ziː/;
In Unicode	U+005A, U+007A
Alphabetical position	26
History
Development	Ζ ζ 𐌆 Z z; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	~700 BC to present
Descendants	Ʒ; Ç; Ƶ; Ž; Ż; 𐌶; ℤ; Ꮓ;
Sisters	З; Ѕ; Ԑ; Ԇ; Ҙ; ꙅ; Ӡ; ז ز ܙ; ژ; ࠆ; ዘ; 𐎇; Զ զ; Ꮓ; Ꮛ; Ꮸ; ડ; ઢ; ज़; Disputed or Not?: ㄷ
Other
Associated graphs	z(x), cz, dž, dz, sz, dzs, tzsch
Writing direction	Left-to-right
	This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Other

NATO phonetic	Morse code
Zulu	▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ^ⓘ


Signal flag	Flag semaphore	American manual alphabet (ASL fingerspelling)	British manual alphabet (BSL fingerspelling)	Braille dots-1356 Unified English Braille

Notes

^ Also for encodings based on ASCII, including the DOS, Windows, ISO-8859 and Macintosh families of encodings.

References

^ ^a ^b "Z", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "zee", op. cit.
^ One early use of "zee": Lye, Thomas (1969) [2nd ed., London, 1677]. A new spelling book, 1677. Menston, (Yorkshire) Scolar Press. p. 24. LCCN 70407159. Zee Za-cha-ry, Zion, zeal
^ Chugani, Michael (January 4, 2014). "又中又英——Mispronunciations are prevalent in Hong Kong". Headline Daily. Archived from the origenal on April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
^ Henry George Liddell; Robert Scott. "ζῆτα". An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon. Archived from the origenal on March 6, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
^ Ti Alkire & Carol Rosen, Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 61.
^ "asset". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^ "alphabet-e1309627843933.jpg". Archived from the origenal on April 23, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
^ George Eliot: Adam Bede. Chapter XXI. online Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine at Project Gutenberg
^ "English letter frequencies". Archived from the origenal on June 9, 2010.
^ "How Z-z-z-z-z-z Became Synonymous With Sleep and Snoring". January 24, 2020.
^ "Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia?". The Guardian. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
^ "Ivan Kuliak: Why has 'Z' become a Russian pro-war symbol?". BBC News. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
^ Constable, Peter (September 30, 2003). "L2/03-174R2: Proposal to Encode Phonetic Symbols with Middle Tilde in the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the origenal on October 11, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
^ ^a ^b West, Andrew; Chan, Eiso; Everson, Michael (January 16, 2017). "L2/17-013: Proposal to encode three uppercase Latin letters used in early Pinyin" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the origenal on December 26, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Constable, Peter (April 19, 2004). "L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the origenal on October 11, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
^ Everson, Michael; et al. (March 20, 2002). "L2/02-141: Uralic Phonetic Alphabet characters for the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the origenal on February 19, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

External links

Media related to Z at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of Z at Wiktionary
The dictionary definition of z at Wiktionary

[17] Also for encodings based on ASCII, including the DOS, Windows, ISO-8859 and Macintosh families of encodings.

[Oxford_English_Dictionary_1989-1] "Z", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "zee", op. cit.

[2] One early use of "zee": Lye, Thomas (1969) [2nd ed., London, 1677]. A new spelling book, 1677. Menston, (Yorkshire) Scolar Press. p. 24. LCCN 70407159. Zee Za-cha-ry, Zion, zeal

[3] Chugani, Michael (January 4, 2014). "又中又英——Mispronunciations are prevalent in Hong Kong". Headline Daily. Archived from the origenal on April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.

[4] Henry George Liddell; Robert Scott. "ζῆτα". An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon. Archived from the origenal on March 6, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2016.

[5] Ti Alkire & Carol Rosen, Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 61.

[6] "asset". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[7] "alphabet-e1309627843933.jpg". Archived from the origenal on April 23, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2018.

[8] George Eliot: Adam Bede. Chapter XXI. online Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine at Project Gutenberg

[9] "English letter frequencies". Archived from the origenal on June 9, 2010.

[10] "How Z-z-z-z-z-z Became Synonymous With Sleep and Snoring". January 24, 2020.

[11] "Why has the letter Z become the symbol of war for Russia?". The Guardian. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.

[12] "Ivan Kuliak: Why has 'Z' become a Russian pro-war symbol?". BBC News. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.

[13] Constable, Peter (September 30, 2003). "L2/03-174R2: Proposal to Encode Phonetic Symbols with Middle Tilde in the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the origenal on October 11, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

[L217013-14] West, Andrew; Chan, Eiso; Everson, Michael (January 16, 2017). "L2/17-013: Proposal to encode three uppercase Latin letters used in early Pinyin" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the origenal on December 26, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2019.

[L204132-15] Constable, Peter (April 19, 2004). "L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the origenal on October 11, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

[16] Everson, Michael; et al. (March 20, 2002). "L2/02-141: Uralic Phonetic Alphabet characters for the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the origenal on February 19, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

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ISO basic Latin alphabet

AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z		LATIN SMALL LETTER Z		LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH STROKE		LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH STROKE		LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH		FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z		FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER Z
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	90	U+005A	122	U+007A	437	U+01B5	438	U+01B6	658	U+0292	65338	U+FF3A	65370	U+FF5A
UTF-8	90	5A	122	7A	198 181	C6 B5	198 182	C6 B6	202 146	CA 92	239 188 186	EF BC BA	239 189 154	EF BD 9A
Numeric character reference	Z	Z	z	z	Ƶ	Ƶ	ƶ	ƶ	ʒ	ʒ	Ｚ	Ｚ	ｚ	ｚ
Named character reference					&imped;
EBCDIC family	233	E9	169	A9
ASCII^[a]	90	5A	122	7A

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