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零

零 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. しずく。
  2. おちる。おちぶれる。
  3. わずか。はした。
  4. ない。ゼロ。0。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「雨」+音符「令」。「（雨滴が）おちる」を意味する漢語｛零｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レイJHS
Kun (native)
  • ぜろ
  • こぼ(す)
  • こぼ(れる)
Other languages
  • 拼音ling2
  • 한글ryeong
  • 한글ryeon
  • Hán-ViệtLinh

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
雨(あめ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+96F6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱雨令

Words using this kanji

  • 零時れいじ深夜の24時。 昼の12時。twelve o'clock, midnight, noon
  • 零細れいさい極めて少ないこと。 極めて規模の小さいこと。insignificant, trifling, paltry, cottage (industry)
  • 零れい「ゼロ」に同じ。zero, nought
  • 零下れいか摂氏零度よりも低い温度。below zero, sub-zero
  • 零点れいてん得点や点数が無いこと。 全く評価に値しないこと。 計器などで0の点。zero (points, marks), no marks, zero (of a function), root
  • 零すこぼすこぼすを参照。to spill, to drop, to shed (tears), to grumble (about)
  • 零れるこぼれるこぼれるを参照。to spill, to fall out of, to overflow, to peek through
  • 零敗れいはい競技などで無得点で負けること。スコンク。 勝敗の成績で、負けがないこと。losing without scoring, shutout, whitewash, having no losses
  • 零戦ゼロせんZero fighter plane
  • 零度れいど温度の計測で基準となる温度。摂氏では常圧での氷点、絶対温度では絶対零度に相当する。zero degrees (Celsius), freezing point, zero (on a scale)
  • 零落れいらく葉が枯れて落ちること。 落ちぶれること。廃れること。falling into straitened circumstances, downfall, ruin
  • 零砕れいさい非常に細かいこと。a tiny bit
  • 零露れいろdripping dew
  • 零しこぼしwaste-water container (tea ceremony)
  • 零れこぼれspilling, spill, leavings, leftovers
  • 零元れいげんzero element
  • 零本れいほん一揃いのうち、全てが揃っていない本。大半が散逸した本。端本、零冊。fragmentary remains of a large set of writings, the odd volume, a few pages
  • 零行列れいぎょうれつゼロ行列に同じ。zero matrix, null matrix
  • 零細農れいさいのうsubsistence farming
  • 零因子ゼロいんしzero divisor, null factor, nil factor

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-5
Four Corner
1030.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8d5.4
Heisig
1504
Nelson
5048