零 — kanji meaning “zero”
零
zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher
- Meanings
- zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher
- On'yomi
- レイ (rei)
- Kun'yomi
- ぜろ、こぼ.す、こぼ.れる
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1217 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 173
- Chinese reading
- líng — Chinese character page
Words with 零
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 零細 | れいさい reisai | insignificant; trifling; paltry |
| 零下 | れいか reika | below zero; sub-zero |
| 零れる | こぼれる koboreru | to spill; to fall out of; to overflow |
| 零れ | こぼれ kobore | spilling; spill |
| 零時 | れいじ reiji | twelve o'clock; midnight; noon |
| 零す | こぼす kobosu | to spill; to drop; to shed (tears) |
| 零し | こぼし koboshi | waste-water container (tea ceremony) |
| 零点 | れいてん reiten | zero (points, marks); no marks |
| 零落 | れいらく reiraku | falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin |
| 零敗 | れいはい reihai | losing without scoring; shutout; whitewash |
| お零れ | おこぼれ okobore | leavings; leftovers |
| 零余子 | むかご mukago | bulbil (esp. of a Japanese yam); propagule; brood bud |
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