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ざ (za) in hiragana: pronunciation, stroke order and examples

The hiragana ざ is read "za". Stroke order step by step, the same sound in katakana (ザ), the look-alikes not to confuse and example words.

Reading
za
Same sound in katakana
ザ

Words with ざ

  • 雑誌 ざっし — Magazine
  • 残業 ざんぎょう — Overtime
  • 残念 ざんねん — regret; regrettable
  • 残業代 ざんぎょうだい — Overtime pay
  • 材料 ざいりょう — ingredients, material
  • 座席 ざせき — seat

Stroke order · 5 strokes

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Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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