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〇

líng
number HSK 1

Meanings

  1. 1 zero (used in dates and numbers)
  2. 2 alternate written form of 零

Examples

HSK 1
二〇二五年
Èr líng èr wǔ nián
the year 2025
HSK 1
一〇一号房间
Yāo líng yāo hào fángjiān
Room 101
HSK 1
他的生日是二〇〇〇年。
Tā de shēngrì shì èr líng líng líng nián.
His birthday is in the year 2000.

Tips

usage
〇 is the circular form of zero used when writing years and numbers digit-by-digit, such as 二〇二五年. The standard character 零 is used in other contexts like math or amounts.
mistakes
〇 (ideographic zero, U+3007) is not the same as the letter O or the number 0. In handwriting this distinction barely matters, but in typed Chinese the correct character is 〇.

Components

ideograph
〇 líng
zero (ideographic circle)
A single round stroke - an abstract symbol of nothingness, an empty enclosure standing for the digit zero. Not a true CJK Unified character but an Ideographic Number Zero (U+3007) used in date and digit-by-digit number writing (二〇二五年). Not analyzable into components: the shape is the meaning, a simple loop signaling absence. Sibling 零 covers other zero contexts.

No stroke data for 〇; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.