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Z with circumflex
Ẑẑ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originISO 9 Cyrillic transliteration,Poliespo,Tsilhqot'in
Sound values/ẕˤ/
InUnicodeU+1E90, U+1E91
History
Development
  • Ẑẑ
Other
This article containsphonetic transcriptionsin theInternational Phonetic Alphabet(IPA).For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA.For the distinction between[ ],/ /and ⟨⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

is aLatin scriptletter, the letterZwith acircumflex,used for transliteration of the Cyrillic letterЅinISO 9family of transliteration standards, and rarely used inPinyinas a shorthand ofzh.[1]It is also used in Poliespo for the sound /kts/, and in theTsilhqotʼin languageto represent/ẕˤ/.

In mathematics, ẑ often refers to theunit vectorin the +Z direction.

References

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  1. ^"ISO 9:1995: Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Cyrillic characters into Latin characters -- Slavic and non-Slavic languages".International Organization for Standardization.Retrieved13 Apr2012.