# ぞ — hiragana “zo”

ぞ is the hiragana character for the sound “zo”. It is written with 3 strokes, and in katakana the same sound is ゾ.

- Reading: zo
- Strokes: 3
- Katakana: ゾ

## How ぞ sounds

ぞ is そ with dakuten (゛): so becomes zo.

## Words with ぞ

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| かぞく | kazoku | family |
| まんぞく | manzoku | satisfaction |
| どうぞ | douzo | please |
| のぞむ | nozomu | to desire |

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/hiragana-chart/zo/. Last updated 2026-11-01.