What ზ means
It represents the voiced z sound in Georgian.
As of 2026, the Georgian alphabet’s origin remains debated; Georgian chronicles credit King Parnavaz as its creator. Its earliest surviving inscriptions date to the fifth century and use Asomtavruli; Bolnisi Sioni is dated 493/494. Asomtavruli served monuments and church books. Nuskhuri developed for faster copying and paired with it in Khutsuri, the Georgian church script. Mkhedruli became everyday writing outside the church; the z sound stayed the same.
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Who writes ზ
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Questions people ask
1Why does ზ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ზ
- Also called
- zeni · zen
- Search it as
- ზ · z · georgian-z · mkhedruli-z · Ⴆ · ⴆ · Ზ · georgian keyboard
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ზ\10D6Codes and encoding1 code points
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