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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1217 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher

Kunyomi: ぜろ, こぼ.す, こぼ.れる

Onyomi: レイ

Composition: 雨 令

零

Radical

Radical: 雨

Reading: あめかんむり

Meaning: rain

Strokes: 8

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Examples

Examples with audio

零(れい)   zero, nought

零度(れいど)   zero degree

零下(れいか)   below zero

零時(れいじ)   twelve o'clock

零点(れいてん)   zero point, no marks

零細企業(れいさいきぎょう)   small business

Onyomi Examples

零 (レイ) zero, nought

零細 (レイサイ) insignificant, trifling, paltry, cottage (industry), tiny (company)

漂零 (ヒョウレイ) being ruined (reduced to poverty), falling low, going under, coming to ruin

飄零 (ヒョウレイ) fluttering to the ground (of a leaf or petal), wandering, roaming, coming down in the world, going to ruin, falling low

Kunyomi Examples

0 (ゼロ) zero, 0, nought, nil, nothing, zilch

零因子 (ゼロいんし) zero divisor, null factor, nil factor

零す (こぼす) to spill, to drop, to shed (tears), to grumble (about), to complain (of), to let (one's feelings) show

零れる (こぼれる) to spill, to fall out of, to overflow, to peek through, to become visible (although normally not), to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

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