Chinese symbol for “beginners”

零起点

líng qǐ diǎn

Traditional: 零起點

from zero; from scratch; beginners' (course); for beginners

The closest CC-CEDICT match for beginners is 零起点 (líng qǐ diǎn), defined as: from zero; from scratch; beginners' (course); for beginners.

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Characters and stroke order

零 líng

zero; fragment, fraction

radical 173 ⾬ · 13 strokes

起 qǐ

to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

radical 156 ⾛ · 10 strokes

点 diǎn

dot, point, speck

radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

點 diǎn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 零起点.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
零售	líng shòu	to retail; to sell in small quantities
零件	líng jiàn	part; component
零部件	líng bù jiàn	spare part; component
零星	líng xīng	fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered
零食	líng shí	snack; nibbles
零钱 (零錢)	líng qián	change (of money); small change
起来 (起來)	qǐ lai	to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
一起	yī qǐ	(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一点 (一點)	yī diǎn	a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.