ず

Japanese

Character	ず
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER ZU
Codepoint	U+305A

Stroke order

Etymology

The hiragana character す (su) with a dakuten (゛).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [zɯᵝ]
• IPA: [d͡zɯᵝ] (only in word-initial position, or in careful speech)

Syllable

ず (Hepburn romanization zu)

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

Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ず (zu), see: Special:Allpages/ず

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Noun

ず (romaji zu)

1. 図: illustration, diagram

Suffix

ず (romaji -zu)

1. 図: figure, map, diagram