Chinese Character 零 Meanings and components.

Form

零

Meaning

零 meaning[3] in English

Zero.

Nought.

Zero Sign.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 零 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are rain (雨) , and see 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (令)

Its radical[1] is: 雨 (yu3) which means: Rain, Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2], .雨yu3rain

In cangjie it is written with MBOII

How to write 零

To write零ling2zero you should write a combination of 雨yu3rain , 令ling4see 令狐[Ling2 … arranged in a 吕 shape:

雨 + 令 = 零

零 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 零 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 零, looks as follow:

零
Pinyin:ling2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Zero . Nought . Zero Sign . Fractional . Fragmentary . Odd (Of Numbers) . (Placed Between Two Numbers To Indicate A Smaller Quantity Followed By A Larger One) . Fraction . (In Mathematics) Remainder (After Division) . Extra . To Wither And Fall . To Wither
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
令
Pinyin:ling4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: See 令狐[Ling2 Hu2]
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
龴
Pinyin:龴5 Shape:一

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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