Arabic letter Zay (ز)

ز is one of the six letters that never join the letter after them, so it really only has two looks: plain (alone or at the start) and joined from the right (middle or end).

• زAloneon its own
• زStartsame as alone
• ‍زMiddlesame as the end
• ‍زEndjoined from the right

Add a little vowel mark and ز becomes a sound you can say. Fatha on top says a, kasra underneath says i, and damma on top says u. Tap each one.

• زَzaFatha
• زِziKasra
• زُzuDamma

Coral = fatha (a), blue = kasra (i), green = damma (u). How harakat work →

• زَيْتُون

  zaytoon

  olives

  Hear it
• 🦒

  زَرَافَة

  zarafah

  giraffe

  Hear it
• 🌸

  زَهْرَة

  zahrah

  flower

  Hear it

Same shape as ر — ز has one dot on top.