零

In Japan and Korea, the bottom component 令 is written 亼 + ㄗ, similar to its Kangxi dictionary form. In traditional Chinese script, 令 is written 亼 + マ. In simplified Chinese and Vietnamese (Chữ Nôm) script, the component 令 is written 亽 + マ.

零 (radical 173, 雨+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一月人戈戈 (MBOII), four-corner 1030₇, composition ⿱⻗令)

• KangXi: page 1372, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42242
• Dae Jaweon: page 1880, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4061, character 1
• Unihan data for U+96F6

Historical forms of the character 零
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs). On the oracle bone script, only thick raindrops are depicted falling from the sky.

Unclear. Schuessler (2007) proposes several possibilities:

• From Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ភ្លៀង (phliəng, “rain”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(p)liɲ ~ *(p)liəɲ ~ (p)liiɲ (“sky, rain”).
• Possibly related to Jingpho marang (“rain”), for which STEDT sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-raŋ (“rain”). Starostin also relates it to this Jingpho word and sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rēŋ (“to drop”), also comparing Tibetan སྤྲིན (sprin, “cloud”) and Burmese ရည် (rany, “liquid; juice”).
• Possibly related to 隕 (OC *ɢunʔ, “to drop”) and 霣 (OC *ɢunʔ, “to rain; to fall down like rain”) if one assumes Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/s/g-wa (“water; rain”) (or its variant *rwe-) can be simplified to *re- and *we-.

零

1. ^† drizzle
2. (literary, of precipitation or tear) to fall

   感激涕零  ―  gǎnjītìlíng  ―  grateful to tears

   • 念彼共人，涕零如雨。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Niàn bǐ gòng rén, tì líng rú yǔ. [Pinyin]

     I think of those [at court] in their offices,
     And my tears flow down like rain.

3. (of plants or flowers) to wither and fall

   凋零  ―  diāolíng  ―  to wither and fall

4. fragmentary; scattered

   零星  ―  língxīng  ―  fragmentary

5. fraction; remainder
6. zero

   一減一等於零。 / 一减一等于零。  ―  Yī jiǎn yī děngyú líng.  ―  One minus one equals zero.

   三點零五分 / 三点零五分  ―  sān diǎn líng wǔ fēn  ―  three oh five

   七百零三  ―  qī bǎi líng sān  ―  seven hundred and three

   二零零一年  ―  èrlínglíngyī nián  ―  year 2001

   alt. forms: 〇

7. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Bei, Min Dong) Used after a number or a classifier to express a small remaining quantity.

   廿零蚊 [Cantonese]  ―  jaa⁶ leng⁴ man¹ [Jyutping]  ―  twenty-something dollars

   分零兩分鐘 / 分零两分钟 [Cantonese]  ―  fan¹ leng⁴ loeng⁵ fan¹ zung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  one to two minutes

   七十零 [Cantonese]  ―  cat¹ sap⁶ leng^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  seventy-something

8. (gay slang) bottom

   alt. forms: 0

9. A surname​.

• Japanese: れい
• Korean: 령 (ryeong)
• Lü: ᦟᦲᧃᧉ (liin²)
• Zhuang: lingz

零

1. Only used in 先零 and 西零.

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)
• Kun: あゆ (ayu, 零ゆ); あえる (aeru, 零える); あえす (aesu, 零えす); あやす (ayasu, 零やす); おちる (ochiru, 零ちる); こぼす (kobosu, 零す); こぼし (koboshi); こぼる (koboru, 零る); こぼれる (koboreru, 零れる); こぼれ (kobore, 零れ); こぼれ (kobore, 零); ぜろ (zero, 零)
• Nanori: れい (rei)

From Middle Chinese 零 (leng) with an original meaning of a small rainfall. The character was later repurposed in 1248 by mathematician Li Ye to mean zero, extending from its a little bit (of rain) meaning to indicate a bit more remaining. In Li Ye's notation, a number like 302 would be represented as 三百零二, literally three hundred and remaining two, with the 零 character used as a means of skipping the tens place, by indicating zero tens.[1]

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) れ​ー [réꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ː]

• 〇

零 (hiragana れい, rōmaji rei)

1. zero

零 (hiragana れい, rōmaji rei)

1. zero

The 〇 spelling is more common in numeric notation.

零 (hiragana れい, rōmaji Rei)

1. A male given name

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 零す, 溢す (kobosu, “to spill something”).[3][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こぼし​ [kòbóshíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞bo̞ɕi]

零 (hiragana こぼし, rōmaji koboshi)

1. a spill (implying intent or fault by someone)
2. grumbling (as when one's emotions overflow)

More commonly spelled with the okurigana, as 零し. See that entry for more detail.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 翻れる, 零れる (koboreru, “to spill, to be left over”).[3][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こぼれ​ [kòbóréꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞bo̞ɾe̞]

零 (hiragana こぼれ, rōmaji kobore)

1. a spill (implying a natural or unintended event)
2. remainder, leftover

More commonly spelled with the okurigana, as 零れ. See that entry for more detail.

From English zero,[3][2] or French zéro.[3] The kanji spelling is ateji.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ぜ​ろ [zéꜜrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞ɾo̞]

• 〇

零 (katakana ゼロ, hiragana ぜろ, rōmaji zero)

1. zero

零 (katakana ゼロ, hiragana ぜろ, rōmaji zero)

1. zero

The 〇 spelling is more common in numeric notation. The katakana spelling ゼロ is more common in general contexts.

零 • (ryeong→yeong, ryeon→yeon) (hangeul 령→영, 련→연)

1. zero

零: Hán Nôm readings: lênh, linh, rinh

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