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Zs is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, used in Hungarian.

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Linguistics & Pronunciation

Zs is the last (forty-fourth) letter of the Hungarian alphabet. Its name is "zsé" and represents /ʒ/, a voiced postalveolar fricative. Its sound is similar to J in Jaques and z in azure.

Usage

It is only used this way in Hungarian. In Hungarian, even if two characters are put together to make a different sound, they are considered one letter, and acronyms keep the letter intact.

Examples

These examples are Hungarian words that use the letter zs, with the English translation following.

• rózsa = rose
• zseb = pocket
• zsír = fat
• zsoké = jockey
• zsűri = jury
• zsivány = knave

See also

• Hungarian alphabet