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零

See also: 〇 and 𩆖
零 U+96F6, 零
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96F6
← 雵
[U+96F5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 雷 →
[U+96F7]
零 U+F9B2, 零
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9B2
← 鈴
[U+F9B1] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 靈 →
[U+F9B3]
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Translingual edit

Traditional 零
Simplified 零
Japanese 零
Korean 零
Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Alternative forms edit

In Japan, Korea and Traditional Chinese jiu zixing, the bottom component 令 is written 亼 + 𰆊, similar to its Kangxi dictionary form. In traditional Chinese as defined by Taiwan MOE and Hong Kong CLIAC, 令 is written 亼 + マ. In simplified Chinese, the component 令 is written 亽 + マ.

Han character edit

零 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一月人戈戈 (MBOII), four-corner 10307, composition ⿱⻗令)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1372, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42242
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1880, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4061, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+96F6

Chinese edit

trad. 零
simp. # 零
2nd round simp. ⿱⿻丅⿱冖⿰丶丶令
alternative forms
 
〇 zero
𠏡
𡈍
𤅫
𥥋
〇 zero
𠏡
𡈍
𤅫
𥥋
𮖿
𩂙
霗
𩃞
𩅶
𩆖
𩆼
⿳⻗人𰆊

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 零
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (令) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
令 *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
怜 *riːn, *reːŋ
零 *riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs
魿 *ɡriŋ, *reːŋ
命 *mreŋs
冷 *raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
跉 *reŋ, *reːŋ
嶺 *reŋʔ
領 *reŋʔ
阾 *reŋʔ, *reːŋ
柃 *reŋʔ, *reːŋ
袊 *reŋʔ
詅 *reŋs, *reːŋ
旍 *ʔsleŋ
舲 *reːŋ
齡 *reːŋ
囹 *reːŋ
鴒 *reːŋ
蛉 *reːŋ
鈴 *reːŋ
苓 *reːŋ
伶 *reːŋ
泠 *reːŋ
瓴 *reːŋ
拎 *reːŋ
刢 *reːŋ
玲 *reːŋ
聆 *reːŋ
竛 *reːŋ
軨 *reːŋ
笭 *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ
翎 *reːŋ
閝 *reːŋ
鹷 *reːŋ
昤 *reːŋ
駖 *reːŋ
彾 *reːŋ
呤 *reːŋ
狑 *reːŋ
秢 *reːŋ
岭 *reːŋ
紷 *reːŋ
砱 *reːŋ
羚 *reːŋ
姈 *reːŋ
蕶 *reːŋ
澪 *reːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *riːŋ, *reːŋ, *reːŋs) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 令 (OC *ren, *reŋ, *reŋs, *reːŋ, *reːŋs). On the oracle bone script, only thick raindrops are depicted falling from the sky.

Etymology 1 edit

Unclear. Schuessler (2007) proposes several possibilities:

Sense "zero" is introduced in 1248 by Chinese mathematician Li Ye.

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • ling4 - literary;
  • leng4, leng4-2, leng4-1 - vernacular (small remaining quantity).
Note:
  • len3 - literary;
  • liang3, liang3* - vernacular (small remaining quantity).
Note:
  • lin4 - literary;
  • liang4 - vernacular.
Note:
  • lêng - literary;
  • lân - vernacular (“fragmentary”).
Note:
  • lêng5 - literary;
  • lang5 - vernacular (“fragmentary”).
Rime
Character 零 零
Reading # 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 青 (125) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 郎丁切 郎定切
Baxter leng lengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/leŋ/ /leŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/leŋ/ /leŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛŋ/ /lɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛjŋ/ /lɛjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/leŋ/ /leŋH/
Wang
Li 		/lieŋ/ /lieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lieŋ/ /lieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		líng lìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ling4 ling6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 零
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		líng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ leng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[r]ˁiŋ/
English fall (v., of rain)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 零 零
Reading # 2/3 3/3
No. 8305 8331
Phonetic
component 		令 令
Rime
group 		耕 耕
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		靈 零
Old
Chinese 		/*reːŋ/ /*reːŋs/

Definitions edit

零

  1. fragmentary; scattered
    零星  ―  língxīng  ―  fragmentary
  2. fraction; remainder
  4. zero [from 1248]
    一減一等於零。／一减一等于零。  ―  Yī jiǎn yī děngyú líng.  ―  One minus one equals zero.
    三點零五分／三点零五分  ―  sān diǎn líng wǔ fēn  ―  three oh five
    七百零三  ―  qī bǎi líng sān  ―  seven hundred and three
    二零零一年  ―  èrlínglíngyī nián  ―  year 2001
    從零開始／从零开始  ―  cóng líng kāishǐ  ―  Start from scratch
    alt. forms: 〇
    Hypernyms: 實數／实数 (shíshù), 有理數／有理数 (yǒulǐshù), 整數／整数 (zhěngshù)
    Coordinate terms: 正數／正数 (zhèngshù), 負數／负数 (fùshù)
  5. (Cantonese, Hakka, Northern Min, Eastern Min) Used after a number or a classifier to express a small remaining quantity.
    廿零蚊 [Cantonese]  ―  jaa6 leng4 man1 [Jyutping]  ―  twenty-something dollars
    分零兩分鐘／分零两分钟 [Cantonese]  ―  fan1 leng4 loeng5 fan1 zung1 [Jyutping]  ―  one to two minutes
    七十零 [Cantonese]  ―  cat1 sap6 leng4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  seventy-something
  6. (gay slang) bottom
    alt. forms: 0
  7. (obsolete) drizzle
  9. (literary, of precipitation or tears) to fall
    感激涕零  ―  gǎnjītìlíng  ―  grateful to tears
  10. (of plants or flowers) to wither and fall
    凋零  ―  diāolíng  ―  to wither and fall
  11. (Cantonese, cant, in 之辰代碼／之辰代码) six
    斗零 [Cantonese]  ―  dau2 ling4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  five-cent coin (literally, “[coin with mass of] 3 candareens and 6 cash”)
  12. a surname
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 零 (“zero”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 零, 洞 as a digit
Mandarin Beijing 零
Taiwan 零
Harbin 零
Yantai (Muping) 零
Jinan 零
Luoyang 零
Xi'an 零
Yinchuan 零
Lanzhou 零
Xining 零
Ürümqi 零
Wuhan 零
Chengdu 零
Guiyang 零
Liuzhou 零
Xuzhou 零
Yangzhou 零
Nanjing 零
Malaysia 零
Singapore 零
Cantonese Guangzhou 零
Hong Kong 零
Macau 零
Dongguan 零
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 零
Singapore (Guangfu) 零
Gan Lichuan 零
Pingxiang 零
Hakka Meixian 零
Yudu 零
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 零
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 零
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 零
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 零
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 零
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 零
Huizhou Jixi 零
Jin Taiyuan 零
Xinzhou 零
Northern Min Jian'ou 零
Eastern Min Fuzhou 零, 環
Southern Min Xiamen 空, 零
Quanzhou 空
Zhangzhou 空
Taipei 空
Kaohsiung 空
Tainan 空
Penang (Hokkien) 空
Singapore (Hokkien) 空
Manila (Hokkien) 空
Chaozhou 空
Shantou 空
Singapore (Teochew) 空
Batam (Teochew) 空
Leizhou 零
Wenchang 空, 零
Haikou 空, 零
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 零
Wu Shanghai 零
Shanghai (Chongming) 零
Suzhou 零
Hangzhou 零
Ningbo 零
Wenzhou 零
Jinhua 零

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (零):
  • → Japanese: 零(れい) (rei)
  • → Korean: 령(零) (ryeong)
  • → Vietnamese: linh (零)

Others:

See also edit

Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
Normal
(小寫／小写) 		〇, 零, 空 一, 蜀 二, 兩／两 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 萬／万,
十千 (Malaysia, Singapore) 		百萬／百万,
桶(Philippines),
面桶 (Philippines) 		億／亿 兆 (Taiwan)
萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial
(大寫／大写) 		零 壹 貳／贰 參／叁 肆 伍 陸／陆 柒 捌 玖 拾 佰 仟

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 零
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 落賢切
Baxter len
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/len/
Pan
Wuyun 		/len/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛn/
Li
Rong 		/len/
Wang
Li 		/lien/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lin4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 零
Reading # 1/3
No. 8273
Phonetic
component 		令
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		蓮
Old
Chinese 		/*riːŋ/

Definitions edit

零

  1. Only used in 先零／先零 and 西零／西零 (Xīlián).

References edit

Japanese edit

Japanese cardinal numbers
0 1  > 
    Cardinal : 零

Kanji edit

零

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. spill
  2. zero

Readings edit

From Middle Chinese 零 (MC leng); compare Mandarin 零 (líng):

From Middle Chinese 零 (MC len); compare Mandarin 零 (lián):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds edit

Compounds

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
零
れい
Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 零 (MC leng) with an original meaning of a small rainfall. The character was later repurposed in 1248 by mathematician Li Ye as a placeholder, extending from its a little bit (of rain) meaning to indicate a bit more remaining. In Li Ye's notation, a number like 302 would be represented as 三百零二 (èr), literally three hundred and remaining two, with the 零 character used as a means of skipping the tens place, by indicating zero tens.[1] It would thus implicitly take on the meaning of zero.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

零(れい) • (rei) 

  1. zero

Numeral edit

零(れい) • (rei) 

  1. zero
Usage notes edit

The 〇 spelling is more common in numeric notation.

Proper noun edit

零(れい) • (Rei) 

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
零
こぼ(し)
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 零 – see the following entry.
【零こぼし】
[noun] a spill (implying intent or fault by someone)
[noun] grumbling (as when one's emotions overflow)
Alternative spellings
溢し, 翻し
(This term, 零, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
零
こぼ(れ)
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 零 – see the following entry.
【零こぼれ】
[noun] a spill (implying a natural or unintended event)
[noun] remainder, leftover
Alternative spelling
翻れ
(This term, 零, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 4 edit

Kanji in this term
零
ぜろ
Grade: S
(ateji)
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 零 – see the following entry.
【ゼロ】
[numeral] zero (number)
[numeral] (informal) Used to refer to something measurable being absent or missing.
Alternative spelling
〇
(This term, 零, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ 1999, 「算木」を超えた男: もう一つの近代数学の誕生と関孝和 ("Sangi" o Koeta Otoko: Mō Hitotsu no Kindai Sūgaku no Tanjō to Seki Takakazu, “The Man Who Went Beyond 'Counting Sticks': The Birth of Another Modern Mathematics, and Seki Takakazu”) (in Japanese), Wang Qing-xiang, Tōkyō: Toyo Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN


Japanese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Regular 零(れい) (rei)
零(ゼロ) (zero) 		一(いち) (ichi) 二(に) (ni) 三(さん) (san) 四(よん) (yon)
四(し) (shi) 		五(ご) (go) 六(ろく) (roku) 七(なな) (nana)
七(しち) (shichi) 		八(はち) (hachi) 九(きゅう) (kyū)
九(く) (ku) 		十(じゅう) (jū)
Formal 壱(いち) (ichi) 弐(に) (ni) 参(さん) (san) 拾(じゅう) (jū)
90 100 300 600 800 1,000 3,000 8,000 10,000 100,000,000
Regular 九(きゅう)十(じゅう) (kyūjū) 百(ひゃく) (hyaku)
一(いっ)百(ぴゃく) (ippyaku) 		三(さん)百(びゃく) (sanbyaku) 六(ろっ)百(ぴゃく) (roppyaku) 八(はっ)百(ぴゃく) (happyaku) 千(せん) (sen)
一(いっ)千(せん) (issen) 		三(さん)千(ぜん) (sanzen) 八(はっ)千(せん) (hassen) 一(いち)万(まん) (ichiman) 一(いち)億(おく) (ichioku)
Formal 一(いち)萬(まん) (ichiman)
1012 8×1012 1013 1016 6×1016 8×1016 1017 1018
一(いっ)兆(ちょう) (itchō) 八(はっ)兆(ちょう) (hatchō) 十(じゅっ)兆(ちょう) (jutchō) 一(いっ)京(けい) (ikkei) 六(ろっ)京(けい) (rokkei) 八(はっ)京(けい) (hakkei) 十(じゅっ)京(けい) (jukkei) 百(ひゃっ)京(けい) (hyakkei)

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Chinese 零 (MC leng|lengH).

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

零 (eumhun 떨어질 령 (tteoreojil ryeong), South Korea 떨어질 영 (tteoreojil yeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 령/영 (“zero”).
Compounds edit
Compounds

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Chinese 零 (MC len).

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

零 (eumhun 종족 이름 련 (jongjok ireum ryeon), South Korea 종족 이름 연 (jongjok ireum yeon))

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References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
  • Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005). [3]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

零: Hán Nôm readings: lênh, linh, rinh

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