零 · líng
zero; fragment, fraction
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
zero; fragment, fraction
- Mandarin
- líng
- Cantonese
- ling4
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 零 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
レイ レン リョウ あまり おちる ふる こぼす こぼれるKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 령
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
- 영
- KS X 1001 (0)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+96F6
- Radical
- 雨 · 173
- Strokes
- 13 · Unihan
- Residual
- 5
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
13 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 零
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 令 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 令聲
Line 1631 · ⿱雨令 · 令聲 · source reference 4220140
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- len · 落賢 反切 · #583
- Middle Chinese
- leng · 郎丁 反切 · #939
- Middle Chinese
- lengH · 郎定 反切 · #3002
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 4746 · len = 山開四平先來 · leng = 梗開四平青來 · lengH = 梗開四去青來
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- líng
- kCantonese
- ling4
- kDefinition
- zero; fragment, fraction
- kTotalStrokes
- 13
- kRSUnicode
- 173.5
- kGradeLevel
- 2
- kTGH
- 2013:2885
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- líng,lián 64061.010
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- líng 0719.110
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- líng 227.020
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- líng(211)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- líng粵ling4
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 落賢 郎丁 郎定
- Kangxi positions
- 1372.100
- Guangyun positions
- 134.24 196.15 432.36
- GSR references
- 0823u
- Cangjie
- MBOII
- Four-corner
- 1030.7