零
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零 Stroke Order: How to Write 零

Pinyin
líng
Meaning
zero; nought; zero sign
Total strokes
13
More meanings

zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither

Stroke order
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0 / 13 strokes

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13 strokes

零 — 13 strokes

Radical: 雨 yǔ (rain)

Strokes in order

  1. 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
  2. 2.竖shù · Vertical stroke
  3. 3.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
  4. 4.竖shù · Vertical stroke
  5. 5.横héng · Horizontal stroke
  6. 6.横héng · Horizontal stroke
  7. 7.点diǎn · Dot stroke
  8. 8.点diǎn · Dot stroke
  9. 9.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
  10. 10.捺nà · Right-falling stroke
  11. 11.点diǎn · Dot stroke
  12. 12.横折héng zhé · Horizontal turning stroke
  13. 13.点diǎn · Dot stroke
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