０ぜろ

ゼ

ロ

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

The numeral zero; used in counting, scores, temperatures, and mathematical contexts. The 〇 form is especially used with kanji numerals.

〈物もの〉が０ぜろになるfor something to reach/become zero
在ざい庫こが０になった。
The stock ran out to zero.
０ぜろ点てんをとるto get a score of zero
テストで０点てんをとってしまった。
I got a zero on the test.
０ぜろから始はじめるto start from scratch
新あたらしい会かい社しゃを０から始はじめた。
I started a new company from scratch.
〈事こと〉が０ぜろだto be absolutely nothing/zero (informal)
成せい功こうの可か能のう性せいは０だ。
The chance of success is zero.

零れいN5sense 1
零 is the native Japanese reading for the numeral zero, used in formal or written contexts, while ０ (ゼロ) is the everyday loanword form.
無むN2sense 2
無 emphasizes total non-existence or nothingness in a more abstract or philosophical sense, while ０ (ゼロ) in its 'nothing' sense is casual and concrete, as in a score or amount.
皆かい無む
ゼロ is a casual, numeric way to say 'zero', while 皆無 is a formal, emphatic term for complete absence.
零れい点てんN2
ゼロ is the general, casual word for zero in any context, while 零点 specifically denotes a zero score or a zero point on a scale.

０ぜろUsage<1%
Standard full-width digit form for the numeral zero.
ゼロUsage99%
Katakana spelling is the most common written form for the loanword ゼロ.
〇Usage<1%
Kanji-style circle used as a numeral zero, especially in vertical writing or with kanji numerals.
零ぜろ
Formal kanji for zero; normally read れい, but can be read ゼロ in some contexts.

Loanword from English 'zero', adopted into Japanese as ゼロ. The kanji forms ０, 〇, and 零 are used to represent the numeral zero in writing.