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零 = 雨 + 令

零 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “zero”. It is built from 雨 (rain) and 令 (orders). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1504. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
zero
RTK frame
1504
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ぜろ, こぼ.す, こぼ.れる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ноль
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
零 zero

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 雨 rain
  2. 令 orders

Characters that contain 零

How to find 零 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rain” + “orders”. 零 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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