The kanji 零: meaning, readings and stroke order

零

Meaning: zero, tiny
On reading: レイ rei
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 雨 rain
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: số không, nhỏ lẻ (linh)
Japanese: ゼロ。わずか。
Korean: 영, 아주 적다 (령·영)
Chinese: 零、零星

Readings, words and example sentences

レイ rei · on reading · less common

零れい下か
below zero
今朝は 零れい下かになりました。
It dropped below zero this morning.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.