Elements Starting with Z

za Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to come, to approach".

zabad זָבַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to give, to bestow".

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 在 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "located at, exist".

zǎi 宰 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "kill, rule".

zāi 哉 Chinese
Chinese character used as an exclamation.

zajęcĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "hare".

zakhar זָכַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to remember".

zàn 赞, 贊 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "help, support".

zǎo 早 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "early, morning, before, soon".

zapata Spanish
Spanish word meaning "shoe".

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".

žarŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "glow, heat".

zavad זָבַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to bestow".

zaval זָבַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to exalt".

zavistĭ зависть Old 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".

zé 泽, 澤 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "moist, marsh, grace, brilliance".

zeer зээр Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "gazelle, zeren".

zelenŭ зеленъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "green".

želěti желѣти Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to wish, to desire".

zemľa Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "land".

zēng 曾 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 宅 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "house, home".

zhāi 1 斋, 齋 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "vegetarian food, study room".

zhāi 2 摘 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pick, pluck".

zhāng 1 张, 張 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "stretch, extend".

zhāng 2 章 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "chapter".

zhào 1 照 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 肇 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "start, begin".

zhǎo 沼 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pool, pond".

zhāo 昭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, luminous".

zhé 哲 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wise, sage".

zhèn 1 镇, 鎭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "town, market place".

zhèn 2 震 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "shake, tremor, excite".

zhēn 1 贞, 貞 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal".

zhēn 2 珍 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "precious, rare".

zhēn 3 真 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "real, genuine, true".

zhèng 1 正 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "right, proper, correct".

zhèng 2 政 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 直 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "straight, direct, honest".

zhì 1 志 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "will, purpose, ambition".

zhì 2 智 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wisdom, intellect".

zhì 3 治 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "govern, administer".

zhī 1 知 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "know, perceive, comprehend".

zhī 2 枝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "branch, limb".

zhī 3 芝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sesame".

zhī 4 织, 織 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "weave".

zhī 5 之 Chinese
Chinese character formerly meaning "it, him, her", which acts now as a possessive marker.

zhōng 1 中 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "middle".

zhōng 2 忠 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "loyalty, devotion".

zhōu 1 舟 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "boat, ship".

zhōu 2 周 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "circumference". It also refers to the Zhou dynasty, which ruled in China from the 11th to 3rd centuries.

zhōu 3 洲 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "continent, island".

zhú 1 竹 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bamboo".

zhú 2 烛, 燭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "candle, torch, light, shine".

zhù 筑 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lute, zither, build".

zhǔ 主 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "master, owner".

zhū 1 洙 Chinese
Chinese character referring to a river in Shandong.

zhū 2 珠 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "jewel, pearl".

zhū 3 朱 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 准 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "approve, permit".

zǐ 子 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "child".

zid 𒍣 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "true, loyal".

zĭdati зьдати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to build".

zima зима Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "winter".

žito жито Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "grain".

živŭ живъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "alive, living".

zō 1 三 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of sān.

zō 2 蔵, 藏 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "warehouse, storehouse", an on reading of cáng.

zọ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "save, protect".

zoe ζωή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "life".

zolto Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "gold".

zōng 宗 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lineage, ancestry".

zořa зора Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "dawn, aurora".

zorig зориг Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "courage".

zòu 奏 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "play music, complete".

zuharah زهرة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Venus (planet)".

žukŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "beetle".

zūn 1 遵 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "obey, follow, honour".

zūn 2 尊 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "respect, revere".

zǔo 佐 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "help, aid".

županŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "head of the district, community leader".

zvonŭ звонъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sound, chime".

žydra Lithuanian
Lithuanian word meaning "light blue".

'zz Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be strong".