← Back

零

zero
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingレイ
Kun readingぜろ、こぼ.す、こぼ.れる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. zeroRtK
    昨晩は零度以下に下がった。The temperature fell below zero last night.tatoeba
    昨日は気温が零下５度に下がった。The temperature fell five degrees centigrade below zero yesterday.tatoeba
  2. spill
  3. overflow
  4. nothing
  5. cipher
  1. nought

Synonyms

０

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (れい)
令 · command礼 · thanks霊 · soul例 · example

Radicals and components

Radical雨rain
Components
How it's built
零
  • →
  • →
    • →
    • →
    • →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

rain (雨) · weather · orders · meeting · chop-seal · hanko

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1504

Compound words

零下れいか
below zero; sub-zero
零細れいさい
insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)
零時れいじ
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
零点れいてん
zero (points, marks); no marks; zero (of a function); root; zero degrees (Celsius)
零れるこぼれる
to spill; to fall out of; to overflow; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not)
零すこぼす
to spill
冪零べきれい
nilpotent
飄零ひょうれい
fluttering to the ground (of a leaf or petal)
取零すとりこぼす
to lose an easy game
零し話こぼしばなし
complaining
零行列れいぎょうれつ
zero matrix
冪零元べきれいげん
nilpotent element
取り零すとりこぼす
to lose an easy game
零落れるおちぶれる
to come down in the world
零余子蕁麻むかごいらくさ
Laportea bulbifera (species of nettle-like plant)
爪で拾って箕で零すつめでひろってみでこぼす
penny wise and pound foolish

Additional Examples

今朝は零度以下でしたが、自転車で学校へ行きました。
It was below zero this morning, but I cycled to school.tatoeba
今朝は零下３度以下だった。
The thermometer stood at three degrees below zero this morning.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 零

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step