Ẑ

Ẑ is a Latin script letter, the letter Z with a circumflex, used for transliteration of the Cyrillic letter Ѕ in ISO 9 family of transliteration standards, and rarely used in Pinyin as a shorthand of zh.^[1] It is also used in Poliespo for the sound /kts/, and in the Tsilhqotʼin language to represent /zˤ/.

Writing systemLatin script

Typealphabetic

Language of originISO 9 Cyrillic transliteration, Poliespo, Tsilhqot'in

Sound values/ẕˤ/

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Z with circumflex
Ẑ ẑ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Language of origin	ISO 9 Cyrillic transliteration, Poliespo, Tsilhqot'in
Sound values	/ẕˤ/
In Unicode	U+1E90, U+1E91
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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In mathematics, ẑ often refers to the unit vector in the +Z direction.