Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

ぞ ‎(romaji zo)

1. The hiragana syllable ぞ ‎(zo). Its equivalent in katakana is ゾ ‎(zo).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Particle

ぞ ‎(romaji zo)

1. (colloquial) a particle used in the end of sentences, which indicates certainty or emphasis.
   • 1925, Denji Kuroshima, 「紋」:

     よそで飯 (めし)を盗 (ぬす)んで食 (く)うたりするんじゃないぞ

     yoso de meshi o nusunde kūtari surunjanai zo

     You may not steal and eat food in other houses, ever.

2. a particle used as a suffix to an interrogative word to mark it indefinite.
   • 1909, Mokutaro Kinoshita, 南蛮寺門前:

     何処 (どこ)ぞで歌 (うた)うたふ声 (こえ)が聞 (きこ)えるやうやのう

     dokozo de uta utafu koe ga kikoeru yau ya nō

     It feels like we can hear voice of singers somewhere.

3. (archaic) a particle which makes a question emphasized or rhetorical, used at the end of a sentence or appended to an interrogative word.
   • 1932, Yoshio Mikami, 和算の社会的・芸術的特性について:

     単純化 (たんじゅんか)を貴 (とうと)ぶ精神 (せいしん)が無 (な)くして、なんぞ、この種 (しゅ)のことが起 (お)きて来 (こ)ようぞ。

     Tanjunka o tōtobu seishin ga nakushite, nanzo, kono shu no koto ga okite koyō zo.

     Without the spirit of treasuring simplification, how could this kind of things ever happen.