ز and ژ
Read the one-dot and three-dot non-joiners.
About this unit
ز is z and ژ is zh. Like ر, they never join the next letter.
- ز
z, as in “zoo”زَن · woman - ژ
zh, like s in “measure”ژاکِت · jacket
One letter, several shapes
A letter's shape depends on its neighbours. At the start it joins only the next letter, in the middle both neighbours, at the end only the letter before it.
A dash means the letter never joins the next letter: at the start of a word it looks as when alone, in the middle as at the end.
No dot, one dot, three dots.
ژ is one of the four letters Persian added to the Arabic alphabet, with پ چ گ.
More words to read
زَبان
language / tonguezabānروز
dayrūzدِژ
fortressdezh
میز
tablemīzReading tips
ر ز ژ share a non-joining skeleton. Their dot counts and their sounds differ. ژ is one of the four letters added for Persian, along with پ چ گ.
Reading practice
Listen before looking
Do the two recordings sound the same or different?
Letters in words
Match each sign to the same sign in its example.
Letters inside words
Match each letter to the marked shape in the word.
Find the sound
Match the sounds to the signs. Tap a sign to check.
Read with support
Match the words to their pictures.
Read without a sound cue
Match the words to their pictures.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
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Read the one-dot and three-dot non-joiners.
زَن
womanزَبان
language / tongueروز
dayدِژ
fortress
ژاکِت
jacketمیز
tableUse a Persian keyboard
Persian standard keyboard: Persian ی/ک, ordinary logical letters, and ZWNJ (half-space). Numbers keep their normal internal order.
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