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零 — zero; nought; zero sign

zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd; fraction

Pinyin
líng
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 零: 13 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

零 — 13 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 零 in the HSK syllabus: 10

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 零língzero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentaryHSK 1
  2. 零下líng xiàbelow zeroHSK 4
  3. 零花钱línghuāqiánpocket money; allowanceHSK 4
  4. 零钱língqiánchange; small change; pocket moneyHSK 4
  5. 零食língshísnack; nibblesHSK 4
  6. 孤零零gūlínglínglone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitaryHSK 7–9
  7. 零件língjiànpart; componentHSK 7–9
  8. 零售língshòuto retailHSK 7–9
  9. 零碎língsuìscattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and endsHSK 7–9
  10. 零星língxīngfragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and piecesHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.