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ず (zu) in hiragana: pronunciation, stroke order and examples

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

Reading
zu
Same sound in katakana
ズ
Not to confuse with
づ du

Words with ず

  • ずっと ずっと — All along / much more
  • 随分 ずいぶん — extremely
  • 図 ず — figure, drawing, illustration
  • 頭痛 ずつう — headache
  • ずれる ずれる — move, off the point
  • 随筆 ずいひつ — essays, miscellaneous writings

Stroke order · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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