零 – zero, spill, overflow

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1217 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 零 means zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レイ (rei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ぜろ、こぼ.す、こぼ.れる (zero, kobosu, koboreru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 雨 (no. 173).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レイ	rei
Kun’yomi	ぜろ	zero
Kun’yomi	こぼ.す	kobosu
Kun’yomi	こぼ.れる	koboreru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 雨 (Kangxi radical 173). Components: 雨・个・卩・一.

Words using 零

零れいzero零点れいてんzero (points, marks)

Example sentences

そのテストではだれも零点をとらなかった。

Nobody got zero in that test.

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Kanji with the same radical

電震露需雨雪雲雰霊雷霞霧霜雫霰

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