"〇" meaning in All languages combined

See 〇 on Wiktionary

Character [Chinese]

Etymology: It is considered a placeholder for a missing Chinese character. Used to express a zero digit in a number since at least the (c.) 12th century, perhaps even earlier than the concept "zero" appeared in the Chinese language. Also written as □ in early literature. Etymology templates: {{zh-l|□}} □
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-〇-zh-character-47DEQpj8 Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 十千 [Malaysia, Singapore], 百萬, 百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 [Philippines], , 亿, 兆萬億 [Mainland-China, Taiwan], 万亿 [Mainland-China, Taiwan], , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Chinese cardinal numbers, Chinese numeral symbols
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of Chinese cardinal numbers: 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese numeral symbols: 0 0 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese numbers Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese numbers: 0 0

Character [Chinese]

Etymology: Coined by Chinese empress regnant Wu Zetian. One of the Chinese characters of Empress Wu. Etymology templates: {{coinage|zh|Wu Zetian|nat=Chinese|occ=empress regnant}} Coined by Chinese empress regnant Wu Zetian
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-〇-zh-character-47DEQpj81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Chinese cardinal numbers, Chinese numeral symbols
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of Chinese cardinal numbers: 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese numeral symbols: 0 0 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese numbers Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese numbers: 0 0

Symbol [Japanese]

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (ゼロ)), zero [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English zero. Head templates: {{ja-pos|symbol|ゼロ}} 〇(ゼロ) • (zero)
  1. Used to write zero in kanji positional notation. Categories (topical): Japanese numeral symbols Synonyms:
    Sense id: en-〇-ja-symbol-lIC-hFmv Disambiguation of Japanese numeral symbols: 89 11 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese symbols, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese symbols: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Symbol [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|symbol}} 〇
  1. See ○ for the plain circle.
    Sense id: en-〇-ja-symbol-MNG~9wlZ Categories (other): Japanese terms in nonstandard scripts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral [Zhuang]

Head templates: {{head|za|numeral|head=}} 〇, {{za-head|numeral}} 〇
  1. Sawndip form of lingz (“zero”) Tags: Sawndip, alt-of Alternative form of: lingz (extra: zero)
    Sense id: en-〇-za-num-~jnSIDlW Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Zhuang entries with incorrect language header
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Zhuang Sawndip forms",
        "Zhuang entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zhuang lemmas",
        "Zhuang numerals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sawndip form of lingz (“zero”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sawndip",
          "Sawndip"
        ],
        [
          "lingz",
          "lingz#Zhuang"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Sawndip",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "〇"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "〇"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "symbol",
  "title": "〇",
  "trace": ""
}

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