The letter also appears in the digraph dź, which is pronounced as voiced alveolo-palatal affricate ([d͡ʑ]) sound.

In the Latin alphabet of Montenegrin, it represents the voiced alveolo-palatal fricative ([ʑ]) sound, and corresponds with the letter zje (majuscule: З́, minuscule: з́) from the Cyrillic script.

In the Belarusian (Łacinka) and Ukrainian (Latynka) Latin alphabet, it represents the /zʲ/ sound and corresponds to зь from the Cyrillic script.

In the Lower and Upper Sorbian, it appears also in the form of digraph dź, which is pronounced as voiced alveolo-palatal affricate ([d͡ʑ]) sound.

The letter also appears in the digraph dź, which is pronounced as voiced alveolo-palatal affricate ([d͡ʑ]) sound.