零
零 — Zero
zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher
On’yomiレイ (rei)
Kun’yomiぜろ (zero)
Kun’yomiこぼす (kobosu)
Kun’yomiこぼれる (koboreru)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 零
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 零時 | れいじ reiji | twelve o'clock; midnight; noon |
| 零細 | れいさい reisai | insignificant; trifling; paltry |
| 零 | れい rei | zero; nought |
| 零れる | こぼれる koboreru | to spill; to fall out of; to overflow |
| 零下 | れいか reika | below zero; sub-zero |
| 零敗 | れいはい reihai | losing without scoring; shutout; whitewash |
Study notes
零 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1217 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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