Kanji

零

零

zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

雨部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

レイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ぜろ, こぼす, こぼれる

Common Readings

レイ

Example sentences

零れる こぼれる
コップ から 水 が 零れた 。

Water spilled from the cup.

零す こぼす
コーヒー を 机 に 零した 。

I spilled coffee on the desk.

零 れい
何事 も 零 から 始める の が 大切 だ 。

It is important to start everything from zero.

零れ落ちる こぼれおちる
彼女 の 目 から 大粒 の 涙 が 零れ落ちた 。

Large tears fell from her eyes.

零落 れいらく
彼 は かつて 大富豪 だった が 、 今 は 零落 して しまった 。

He was once a multimillionaire, but now he has fallen into ruin.

零細 れいさい
彼 は 零細 な 町工場 を 経営 している 。

He runs a small-scale factory in town.

Example Vocabulary

零れる

こぼれる

to spill; to overflow; to be shed (tears)

零す

こぼす

to spill; to shed (tears); to grumble/complain

零

れい

zero; naught; nothing

零れ落ちる

こぼれおちる

to spill/fall out/overflow

零時

れいじ

絶対零度

ぜったいれいど

午前零時

ごぜんれいじ

愚痴を零す

ぐちをこぼす

零落

れいらく

ruin; downfall; coming down in the world

零細

れいさい

insignificant; small-scale; tiny

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