Elements Starting with Z

usage
type
zad زاد Persian
Persian suffix meaning "son of".
zahara زهر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to shine, to bloom".
zahrah زهرة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "flower".
zài Chinese
Chinese character meaning "located at, exist".
zǎi Chinese
Chinese character meaning "kill, rule".
zāi Chinese
Chinese character used as an exclamation.
zakhar זָכַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to remember".
zàn 赞, 贊 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "help, support".
zǎo Chinese
Chinese character meaning "early, morning, before, soon".
zapata Spanish
Spanish word meaning "shoe".
žar жар South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "ember, zeal, fervour".
zar 1 زر Persian
Persian word meaning "gold".
zar 2 زار Persian
Persian suffix meaning "place abounding in, field, garden".
zarif ظريف Arabic
Arabic word meaning "elegant, graceful, charming".
zavad זָבַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to bestow".
zaval זָבַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to exalt".
zavisti зависть Medieval Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "envy".
zawar زوار Arabic
Arabic word meaning "pilgrim, visitor".
zay English
Phonetic element /zeɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as zay, zae, xay, and so on.
zayn زين Arabic
Arabic word meaning "beauty".
zbl Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to exalt, to dwell".
zbyti Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "to dispel".
zdrav South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "healthy", from medieval Slavic съдорвъ (sudorvu).
泽, 澤 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "moist, marsh, grace, brilliance".
zeer зээр Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "gazelle, zeren".
zelenu зеленъ Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "green".
želja жеља South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "desire".
zemlja Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "land".
zēng Chinese
Chinese 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.
zevul זְבוּל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "exalted house".
zevuv זְבוּב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "fly (insect)".
zhái Chinese
Chinese character meaning "house, home".
zhāi 1 斋, 齋 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "vegetarian food, study room".
zhāi 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pick, pluck".
zhāng 1 张, 張 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "stretch, extend".
zhāng 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "chapter".
zhào 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "shine, illumine, reflect".
zhào 2 赵, 趙 Chinese
Chinese character referring to an ancient city-state in what is now Shanxi province.
zhào 3 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "start, begin".
zhǎo Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pool, pond".
zhāo Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, luminous".
zhé Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wise, sage".
zheleti желѣти Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "to wish, to desire".
zhèn 1 镇, 鎭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "town, market place".
zhèn 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "shake, tremor, excite".
zhēn 1 贞, 貞 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal".
zhēn 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "precious, rare".
zhēn 3 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "real, genuine, true".
zhèng 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "right, proper, correct".
zhèng 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "government".
zhèng 3 郑, 鄭 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the ancient state of Zheng, which existed from the 9th to 4th centuries BC in what is now Henan province.
zhí Chinese
Chinese character meaning "straight, direct, honest".
zhì 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "will, purpose, ambition".
zhì 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wisdom, intellect".
zhì 3 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "govern, administer".
zhī 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "know, perceive, comprehend".
zhī 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "branch, limb".
zhī 3 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sesame".
zhī 4 织, 織 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "weave".
zhī 5 Chinese
Chinese character formerly meaning "it, him, her", which acts now as a possessive marker.
zhōng 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "middle".
zhōng 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "loyalty, devotion".
zhōu 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "boat, ship".
zhōu 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "circumference". It also refers to the Zhou dynasty, which ruled in China from the 11th to 3rd centuries.
zhōu 3 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "continent, island".
zhú 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bamboo".
zhú 2 烛, 燭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "candle, torch, light, shine".
zhù Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lute, zither, build".
zhǔ Chinese
Chinese character meaning "master, owner".
zhū 1 Chinese
Chinese character referring to a river in Shandong.
zhū 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "jewel, pearl".
zhū 3 Chinese
Chinese 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 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beat, strike".
zhuāng 妆, 妝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "adornment, makeup".
zhǔn Chinese
Chinese character meaning "approve, permit".
Chinese
Chinese character meaning "child".
zid 𒍣 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "true, loyal".
zidati зьдати Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "to build".
zima зима Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "winter".
žito жито Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "grain, corn".
živu живъ Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "alive".
zlato злато Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "gold".
1 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of sān.
2 蔵, 藏 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "warehouse, storehouse", an on reading of cáng.
zọ Western African, Igbo
Igbo word meaning "save, protect".
zoe ζωή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "life".
zōng Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lineage, ancestry".
zora зора Medieval Slavic
Slavic word meaning "dawn, aurora".
zorig зориг Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "courage".
zòu Chinese
Chinese character meaning "play music, complete".
zuharah زهرة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Venus (planet)".
zūn 1 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "obey, follow, honour".
zūn 2 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "respect, revere".
zǔo Chinese
Chinese character meaning "help, aid".
župan Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "head of the district, community leader".
zvonu звонъ Medieval Slavic
Slavic element meaning "sound, chime".
žydra Lithuanian
Lithuanian word meaning "light blue".
'zz Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be strong".