Za (majuscule: Զ; minuscule: զ; Armenian: զա) is the sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiced alveolar sibilant /z/ in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of ⟨6⟩.[1] Its shape in capital form is similar to the Arabic numeral 2 and two other Armenian letters, Dza ⟨Ձ⟩ and Je ⟨Ջ⟩. Its shape in lowercase form is also similar to the minuscule form of the Latin Q ⟨q⟩, the minuscule form of the Cyrillic letter Ԛ ⟨ԛ⟩, and the minuscule form of another Armenian letter, Gim ⟨գ⟩.
| Za | |
|---|---|
| Զ զ | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Sound values | z |
| In Unicode | U+536, U+566 |
| Alphabetical position | 6 |
| History | |
| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 6 |
Computing codes
edit| Preview | Զ | զ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER ZA | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER ZA | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1334 | U+0536 | 1382 | U+0566 |
| UTF-8 | 212 182 | D4 B6 | 213 166 | D5 A6 |
| Numeric character reference | Զ | Զ | զ | զ |
Gallery
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Rounded Erkat'agir
Angular Erkat'agir
Typographic form
Handwritten form
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