Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Ana yawan nuna zakuna a kan makamai, ko dai a matsayin na'ura a kan garkuwoyi ko a matsayin masu goyon baya, amma ana amfani da zakiyar zaki sosai. Harshen da aka saba amfani da shi a aikin jarida, da ake kira blazon, ya yi amfani da kalmomin Faransanci don ya kwatanta hotunan daidai. Irin waɗannan kwatancin suna ƙayyade ko zakuna ko wasu halittu suna "rampant" (kiwo) ko "mai wucewa" (crouching).Zaki na ci gaba da bayyana a cikin adabin zamani a matsayin haruffa ciki har da Almasihu Aslan a cikin Zaki, Mace da Wardrobe da kuma littattafan da suka biyo baya daga jerin labaran Narnia da CS Lewis ya rubuta, da kuma zaki mai ban dariya a cikin L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. An yi amfani da alamun zaki daga fitowar fim; daya daga cikin zakoki mafi shahararrun kuma sanannun zakoki shine Leo, wanda ya kasance mascot na Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios tun daga 1920s. Shekaru na 1960 sun ga bayyanar zakiyar zakiyar Kenya Elsa a cikin fim din Born Free, wanda ya dogara ne akan littafin gaskiya na wannan taken. An yi amfani da matsayin zaki a matsayin sarkin dabbobi a cikin zane-zane, kamar fim din Disney mai rai na shekarar 1994 Sarkin Zaki, da hali mai rai na DreamWorks na shekarar 2005 Alex a Madagascar, da kuma hali mai rai na Disney na shekarar 2006 Samson a cikin Wild.  Tambaya: A wane shekara goma aka saki Born Free?
Shekaru na 1960