"ゼロ" meaning in Japanese

See ゼロ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

IPA: [d͡ze̞ɾo̞] Audio: Ja-0-zero.ogg Forms: zero [romanization]
Etymology: From English zero, or French zéro. The kanji spelling is ateji. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|zero|sort=ぜろ}} English zero, {{bor|ja|fr|zéro|sort=ぜろ}} French zéro Head templates: {{ja-pos|numeral}} ゼロ • (zero)
  1. zero (number)
    Sense id: en-ゼロ-ja-num-7fZyIjut Categories (other): Numbers Disambiguation of Numbers: 48 52
  2. (informal) Used to refer to something measurable being absent or missing. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ゼロ-ja-num-Syt0~2Qs Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Numbers Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Numbers: 48 52

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ゼロ meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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