Kanji

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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