U+30BE "ゾ" Katakana Letter Zo Unicode Character

U+30BE "ゾ" Katakana Letter Zo is a character in the Japanese katakana syllabary, representing the syllable "zo." It is formed by adding a dakuten, a pair of small strokes, to the base character "ソ" (so), which changes its unvoiced "s" sound to the voiced "z" sound. This character is used in writing Japanese words of foreign origin, onomatopoeia, and technical terms, such as in "ゾーン" (zoon, meaning "zone") or the name "ゾロ" (Zoro). As part of the standard Unicode encoding, it supports digital text representation and processing across languages and platforms.