ゼロ

See also: セロ

Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spellings
零
〇

From English zero,[1][2] or French zéro.[1] The kanji spelling is ateji.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

ゼロ • (zero) 

  1. zero (number)
  2. (informal) Used to refer to something measurable being absent or missing.
    ライフがゼロ
    raifu ga zero
    (video games) life is depleted
    コミュ力(りょく)ゼロ
    komyu-ryoku zero
    utterly incompetent at talking to people

Usage notes

The 〇 spelling is more common in numeric notation. The katakana spelling ゼロ is more common in general contexts.

Coordinate terms

Japanese numbers
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
0零れい、ゼロrei, zero
1一、壱、弌、壹いちichi
2二、弐、貳、貮にni
3三、参さんsan
4四、肆よん、しyon, shi
5五、伍ごgo
6六、陸ろくroku
7七、漆なな、しちnana, shichi
8八、捌はちhachi
9九、玖きゅう、くkyū, ku
10十、拾じゅうjū
100百、陌、佰ひゃくhyaku
1,000千、阡、仟せんsen
10,000一万、万、一萬、萬いちまん、まんichiman, man
100,000,000一億、億いちおく、おくichioku, oku

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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