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０番目 (ゼロばんめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

０番目ぜろばんめ

also: れいばんめ

Meanings

1

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

zeroth

Ordinal number for zero; used in mathematics, programming, and indexing where the first item is numbered 0.

配はい列れつの０番ばん目めの要よう素そを取とり出だす。
Retrieve the zeroth element of the array.
０番ばん目めから数かぞえ始はじめる。
Start counting from the zeroth.

Written forms

０番目
- ゼロばんめ
  Most common spelling using the numeral 0; reading is ゼロばんめ.
- れいばんめ
ゼロ番ばん目め
Katakana spelling for ゼロ; also read as ゼロばんめ.
零番目
- れいばんめ
  Kanji spelling using 零; reading is れいばんめ. Rarely used; ０番目 or ゼロ番目 are preferred.
- ゼロばんめ

れいばんめ

Kanji

番turn, number in a series
目eye, class, look
零zero, spill, overflow

Similar words

一いち番ばん目め
Means 'first'; ０番目 is 'zeroth', used when counting starts from zero.
零れい
The number zero; ０番目 is the ordinal form.

Etymology

Compound of ０ (zero) + 番目 (ordinal suffix). A modern coinage for zero-based indexing.