零

zero; spill; overflow; nothing; cipher

13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1217.

Readings

• レイ (on reading): 零 (れい) zero; 零下 (れいか) below zero
• ぜろ (kun reading): 零因子 (ゼロいんし) zero divisor; 零距離射撃 (ゼロきょりしゃげき) point-blank shot
• こぼす (kun reading): 爪で拾って箕で零す (つめでひろってみでこぼす) to squander what has been saved up laboriously; 零し合い (こぼしあい) gripe session
• こぼれる (kun reading): 煮零れる (にこぼれる) to boil over; 零れ幸い (こぼれざいわい) unexpected piece of good luck

Components

• 雨
• 令
• 一 radical one
• 𠆢 radical person roof
• 卩 radical seal
• 雨 radical rain

Kanji containing 零

• 澪 water route

Words using 零

• 零 (れい) zero
• 零下 (れいか) below zero
• 零細 (れいさい) insignificant
• 絶対零度 (ぜったいれいど) absolute zero
• 零落 (れいらく) falling into straitened circumstances
• 零因子 (ゼロいんし) zero divisor
• 零距離射撃 (ゼロきょりしゃげき) point-blank shot
• 零距離 (ゼロきょり) very close range
• 爪で拾って箕で零す (つめでひろってみでこぼす) to squander what has been saved up laboriously
• 零し合い (こぼしあい) gripe session
• 煮零れる (にこぼれる) to boil over
• 零れ幸い (こぼれざいわい) unexpected piece of good luck
• 零れだす (こぼれだす) to spill over

35 words in all.

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