Zaki suna da yawa ana nuna su a kan makamai, ko dai a matsayin na'urar a kan garkuwoyi ko a matsayin magoya baya, amma ana amfani da zaki da yawa. Harshen harshe na harshe, wanda ake kira blazon, yana amfani da kalmomin Faransanci don bayyana hotuna daidai. Irin waɗannan kwatancin sun ƙayyade ko zakuna ko wasu halittu suna "rampant" (kiwo) ko "pasant" (crouching). Zaki na ci gaba da bayyana a cikin wallafe-wallafen zamani kamar haruffa ciki har da Almasihu Aslan a cikin Lion, Witch da Wardrobe da kuma littattafai masu zuwa daga The Chronicles of Narnia jerin da C. S. Lewis ya rubuta, da kuma Cowardly comedicly a Lion L. Frank Baumayer's The Wonderful Wizard of Lion. An yi amfani da alama ta Oz daga fitowar fina-finai; daya daga cikin shahararrun lions da aka fi sani da Leo, wanda shine mascot, wanda aka yi amfani da shi a cikin fina-finai na Disney na 1920s, wanda aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin mai suna a cikin littafin Disney'
Shekaru na 1960