〇

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o", 0, ㇣, ㅇ, and ◯

Translingual

Han character

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Chinese

Glyph origin

A placeholder for a missing Chinese character. Used to express a zero digit in a number since at least the 12th century, perhaps even earlier than the concept "zero" appeared in the Chinese language. Also written as □ in some early literatures.

Etymology 1

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 〇 – see 零 (“fragmentary; scattered; fraction; remainder; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 零).

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

Etymology 2

One of the Chinese characters of Empress Wu.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 〇 – see 星 (“star; planet; heavenly body; star-shaped object; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 星).

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 零

Numeral

〇(ゼロ) or 〇(れい) • (zero or rei) 

1. zero

   二〇〇七年七月二三日

   The date 2007-07-23

Usage notes

• Not formal, but used to write decimal numbers in positional notation.