za NguniNguni word meaning
"to come, to approach".
zài 在 ChineseChinese character meaning
"located at, exist".
zǎi 宰 ChineseChinese character meaning
"kill, rule".
zāi 哉 ChineseChinese character used as an exclamation.
zàn 赞, 贊 ChineseChinese character meaning
"help, support".
zǎo 早 ChineseChinese character meaning
"early, morning, before, soon".
zar 2 زار PersianPersian suffix meaning
"place abounding in, field, garden".
zarif ظريف ArabicArabic word meaning
"elegant, graceful, charming".
zawar زوار ArabicArabic word meaning
"pilgrim, visitor".
zay EnglishPhonetic element /zeɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as
zay,
zae,
xay, and so on.
zé 泽, 澤 ChineseChinese character meaning
"moist, marsh, grace, brilliance".
zēng 曾 ChineseChinese character meaning
"great, increase". It also refers to the former state of Zeng, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hubei province.
zhāi 1 斋, 齋 ChineseChinese character meaning
"vegetarian food, study room".
zhào 1 照 ChineseChinese character meaning
"shine, illumine, reflect".
zhào 2 赵, 趙 ChineseChinese character referring to an ancient city-state in what is now Shanxi province.
zhāo 昭 ChineseChinese character meaning
"bright, luminous".
zhé 哲 ChineseChinese character meaning
"wise, sage".
zhèn 1 镇, 鎭 ChineseChinese character meaning
"town, market place".
zhèn 2 震 ChineseChinese character meaning
"shake, tremor, excite".
zhēn 1 贞, 貞 ChineseChinese character meaning
"virtuous, chaste, loyal".
zhèng 3 郑, 鄭 ChineseChinese character referring to the ancient state of Zheng, which existed from the 9th to 4th centuries BC in what is now Henan province.
zhí 直 ChineseChinese character meaning
"straight, direct, honest".
zhì 1 志 ChineseChinese character meaning
"will, purpose, ambition".
zhì 2 智 ChineseChinese character meaning
"wisdom, intellect".
zhì 3 治 ChineseChinese character meaning
"govern, administer".
zhī 1 知 ChineseChinese character meaning
"know, perceive, comprehend".
zhī 5 之 ChineseChinese character formerly meaning
"it, him, her", which acts now as a possessive marker.
zhōu 2 周 ChineseChinese character meaning
"circumference". It also refers to the Zhou dynasty, which ruled in China from the 11th to 3rd centuries.
zhú 2 烛, 燭 ChineseChinese character meaning
"candle, torch, light, shine".
zhù 筑 ChineseChinese character meaning
"lute, zither, build".
zhǔ 主 ChineseChinese character meaning
"master, owner".
zhū 1 洙 ChineseChinese character referring to a river in Shandong.
zhū 3 朱 ChineseChinese character meaning
"vermilion red, cinnabar". It also refers to the ancient state of Zhu, which was located in present-day Shandong province.
zhūa 挝, 撾 ChineseChinese character meaning
"beat, strike".
zhuāng 妆, 妝 ChineseChinese character meaning
"adornment, makeup".
zhǔn 准 ChineseChinese character meaning
"approve, permit".
zǐ 子 ChineseChinese character meaning
"child".
zō 2 蔵, 藏 JapaneseJapanese word meaning
"warehouse, storehouse", an on reading of
cáng.
zọ IgboIgbo word meaning
"save, protect".
zōng 宗 ChineseChinese character meaning
"lineage, ancestry".
zòu 奏 ChineseChinese character meaning
"play music, complete".
zūn 1 遵 ChineseChinese character meaning
"obey, follow, honour".
zǔo 佐 ChineseChinese character meaning
"help, aid".