# З

| З | U+0417, &#1047; CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZE |
| ← Ж [U+0416] | Cyrillic | И → [U+0418] |

## Translingual
### Letter

З (lower case з)
* A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

### Gallery

* Regular.
* Italics.
* Handwritten.

## Bashkir
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /z/

### Letter

З • (Z) (lower case з)
* The eleventh letter of the Bashkir alphabet

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Ҙ ҙ, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ҡ ҡ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Ҫ ҫ, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ә ә, Ю ю, Я я

## Bulgarian
### Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)
* The eighth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called зъ (z), and written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ж ж, З з, И и (Ѝ ѝ), Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

## Eastern Mari
### Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)
* The ninth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, Ҥ ҥ, О о, Ӧ ӧ, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӱ ӱ, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | ز |
| Cyrillic | З |
| Latin | Z |
| Yañalif | Z |

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /z/

### Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)
* The eleventh letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ә ә, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, Ң ң, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ұ ұ, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Һ һ, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, І і, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /z/
* (letter name): IPA: [zə]
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з) (italics: З, з)
* The ninth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Ѓ ѓ, Е е, Ж ж, З з, Ѕ ѕ, И и, Ј ј, К к, Л л, Љ љ, М м, Н н, Њ њ, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Ќ ќ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Џ џ, Ш ш

## Mongolian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡s/

### Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з) (italics: З, з)
* The ninth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called зэ (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) үсэг; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, Ө ө, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ү ү, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [z]

### Letter

З (Z) (upper case, lower case з)
* The tenth letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ю ю, Я я, Ь ь

## Russian
### Noun

З • (Z) m inan (indeclinable)
* abbreviation of за́пад (západ, “west”)

#### See also

* В (V, “E, east”)
* С (S, “N, north”)
* Ю (Ju, “S, south”)

### Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)
* The ninth letter of the Russian alphabet, called зэ (zɛ), and written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) бу́ква; А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
* Cyrillic script letter names: бу́квы (búkvy): а (a) · бэ (bɛ) · вэ (vɛ) · гэ (gɛ) · дэ (dɛ) · е (je) · ё (jo) · же (že) · зэ (zɛ) · и (i) · и́ кра́ткое (í krátkoje)/ий (ij) · ка (ka) · эл (el)~эль (elʹ) · эм (em) · эн (en) · о (o) · пэ (pɛ) · эр (er) · эс (es) · тэ (tɛ) · у (u) · эф (ef) · ха (xa) · цэ (cɛ) · че (če) · ша (ša) · ща (šča) · твёрдый зна́к (tvjórdyj znák) · ы (y)/еры́ (jerý) · мя́гкий зна́к (mjáxkij znák) · э (e)/э́ оборо́тное (é oborótnoje) · ю (ju) · я (ja)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* Z (Serbo-Croatian Latin, Roman alphabet)

### Letter

З (upper case, lower case з)
* The ninth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Ж (Ž) and is followed by the letter И (I).

## Tajik
### Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)
* The tenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, called зе (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

#### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ғ ғ, Д д, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Ӣ ӣ, Й й, К к, Қ қ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ӯ ӯ, Ф ф, Х х, Ҳ ҳ, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ш ш, Ъ ъ, Э э, Ю ю, Я я

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [z]
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

З • (Z) (upper case, lower case з)
* The tenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called зе (ze), and written in the Cyrillic script.

### See also

* (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Ґ ґ, Д д, Е е, Є є, Ж ж, З з, И и, І і, Ї ї, Й й, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я

## Zhuang
### Letter

З (upper case, lower case з)
* 1957–1982 spelling of J