# Ž

| Ž | U+017D, &#381; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON |
| Composition: | Z [U+005A] + ◌̌ [U+030C] |
| ← ż [U+017C] | Latin Extended-A | ž → [U+017E] |

## Translingual
### Description

* The letter Z with a háček.

### Letter

Ž (lower case ž)
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#### See also

* (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

## Czech
### Letter

Ž (lower case ž)
* the final letter of the Czech alphabet, after z

## Estonian
### Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
* The twenty-second letter of the Estonian alphabet, called žee and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

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

#### See also

* (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)

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
* A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-z or suhu-z and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* 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).

#### See also

* (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

## Kalo Finnish Romani
### Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
* The twenty-eighth letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

Used only in the digraph Dž.

#### See also

* (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

### References

* 1 2 Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Aakkoset [Alphabet]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎ (in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 6, 2022, pages 1-2

## Lakota
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

Ž (lower case ž)
* A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (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

## Latvian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʒ]
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### Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
* The thirty-third letter of the Latvian alphabet, called zē and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* 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

## Lithuanian
### Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
* 32nd letter of the Lithuanian alphabet

### See also

* Appendix:Alphabets

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

Ž (lower case ž)
* The thirty-third letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called žet and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (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

## Romani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž)
* (Pan-Vlax) The thirty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (International Standard) Ź

#### See also

* (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).

## Serbo-Croatian
### Letter

Ž (upper case, lower case ž, Cyrillic spelling Ж)
* 30th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet

### See also

* Appendix:Alphabets

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

Ž (lower case ž)
* The thirty-fourth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â 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

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

Ž (lower case ž)
* The forty-sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (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

### Further reading

* “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, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

Ž (capital, lowercase ž)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
* The thirty-fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

## Wakhi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒ/

### Letter

Ž (lower case ž)
* A letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.