What is the Kanji for "Fall", "Zero", "Tiny", and "Spill"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Fall", "Zero", "Tiny", and "Spill", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Fall", "Zero", "Tiny", and "Spill" is "零".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Kobo".

Its onyomi reading is "Rei".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "⻗" . And The kanji "令" means "Orders" and can be read as "Rei".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "零" mean in japanese?

"零" means "Fall", "Zero", "Tiny", and "Spill".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

零: "Zero". The noun '零 (れい)' means 'zero'. This word is used to express the numerical value of nothing or complete absence. It can be used in various contexts, such as describing a temperature of 0 degrees, the score of a game, or the number of items remaining. For example: The temperature is zero degrees - (気温は零度です). There are zero cookies left - (クッキーが零個残っています).

零下: "Below zero". The Japanese noun '零下 (れいか)' means 'below zero'. It is used to refer to temperatures that are lower than 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. This word is commonly used when discussing weather conditions and temperatures. For example: It's ten degrees below zero - (気温は零下10度だ). The temperature is always below zero in the winter - (冬の間は常に零下の気温だ).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "れ" is read as "re". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". And The hiragana "ぼ" is read as "bo".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.