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See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

Translingual

Etymology

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Chinese

Alternative forms

• 零 (líng)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): làng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²
    • Yale: líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
    • Palladius: лин (lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng
    • Hakka Romanization System: langˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang²
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liing
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lin
    • MiniDict: lin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/

Numeral

1. zero

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小寫／小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩／两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬／万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬／百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億／亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫／大写)	零	壹	貳／贰	參／叁	肆	伍	陸／陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟

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Japanese

Number

〇 (ゼロ, zero or れい, rei)

1. zero

Next: 一

Synonyms

• 零

Noun

〇(まる) • (maru) 

1. circle

Synonyms

• 丸
• 円
• ○

Kanji

〇

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. zero

Readings

• Kun: まる (maru), かんじすうじゼロ (kanjisūjizero)

Usage notes

Not formal, but increasingly used as a kanji numeral.