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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: あめかんむり

Meaning: rain

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

(れい)   zero, nought

度(れいど)   zero degree

下(れいか)   below zero

時(れいじ)   twelve o'clock

点(れいてん)   zero point, no marks

細企業(れいさいきぎょう)   small business

Onyomi Examples

レイ zero, nought

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

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

ヒョウレイ blowing in the wind (e.g. leaf, petal), wandering, roaming, being ruined (reduced to poverty), falling low, going under, coming to ruin

Kunyomi Examples

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

因子 ぜろいんし zero divisor, null factor, nil factor

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

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.)