零

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.

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

• 㩕 㬡 㯪 澪 燯 鿅 䌢 䙥 䴫 䴇 蕶
• 𠏡 𠟨 𨞖 𪞮 𨗺 𤖜 𤾨 𥋞 𥖟 𥢴 𥼸 𦪩 𨆖 𨣖 𨭭 𩁎 𩟃 𩪥 𪋪
• 𮋔 𮘿

• 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
• Unihan data for U+F9B2

Historical forms of the character 零
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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.

Unclear. Schuessler (2007) proposes several possibilities:

• From Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ភ្លៀង (phliəng, “rain”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(p)liɲ ~ *(p)liəɲ ~ (p)liiɲ (“sky, rain”).
• Possibly related to Jingpho marang (“rain”), for which STEDT sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-raŋ (“rain”). Starostin also relates it to this Jingpho word and sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rēŋ (“to drop”), also comparing Tibetan སྤྲིན (sprin, “cloud”) and Burmese ရည် (rany, “liquid; juice”).
• Possibly related to 隕 (OC *ɢunʔ, “to drop”) and 霣 (OC *ɢunʔ, “to rain; to fall down like rain”) if one assumes Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/s/g-wa (“water; rain”) (or its variant *rwe-) can be simplified to *re- and *we-.

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

零

1. fragmentary; scattered

   零星  ―  língxīng  ―  fragmentary

2. fraction; remainder
3. 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)

4. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Bei, Min Dong) 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 leng^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  seventy-something

5. (gay slang) bottom

   alt. forms: 0

6. (obsolete) drizzle
7. (literary, of precipitation or tears) to fall

   感激涕零  ―  gǎnjītìlíng  ―  grateful to tears

   • 念彼共人，涕零如雨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Niàn bǐ gòng rén, tì líng rú yǔ. [Pinyin]

     I think of those [at court] in their offices,
     And my tears flow down like rain.

   • 今當遠離，臨表涕零，不知所言。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今当远离，临表涕零，不知所言。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 227, 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 前出師表 (Former Chu Shi Biao)

     Jīn dāng yuǎnlí, lín biǎo tì líng, bù zhī suǒ yán. [Pinyin]

     Now I must leave [for battle] far away. As I face this memorial, my tears fall, and I know not what I have said.

8. (of plants or flowers) to wither and fall

   凋零  ―  diāolíng  ―  to wither and fall

9. (Cantonese, cant, in 之辰代碼／之辰代码) six

   斗零 [Cantonese]  ―  dau² ling^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  five-cent coin (literally, “[coin with mass of] 3 candareens and 6 cash”)

10. a surname

Others:

• → Bouyei: lingz
• → Lü: ᦟᦲᧃᧉ (liin²)
• → Zhuang: lingz

零

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

• “零”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. spill
2. zero

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

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)

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

• Go-on: れん (ren)
• Kan-on: れん (ren)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: あゆ (ayu, 零ゆ); あえる (aeru, 零える); あえす (aesu, 零えす); あやす (ayasu, 零やす); おちる (ochiru, 零ちる); こぼす (kobosu, 零す); こぼる (koboru, 零る); こぼれる (koboreru, 零れる); しずく (shizuku, 零)^{←しづく (siduku, 零, historical)}; ゼロ (zero, 零)

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.

• 〇

• (Tokyo) れ​ー [réꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ː]

零(れい) • (rei) 

1. zero

零(れい) • (rei) 

1. zero

The 〇 spelling is more common in numeric notation.

零(れい) • (Rei) 

1. a male given name

From Middle Chinese 零 (MC leng|lengH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjʌ̹ŋ] ~ [jʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [령/영]

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

1. Hanja form^? of 령/영 (“zero”).

From Middle Chinese 零 (MC len).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjʌ̹n] ~ [jʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [련/연]

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

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