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0 U+0030, 0
DIGIT ZERO
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Basic Latin 1
The slashed variant of the digit

Translingual

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Alternative forms

Glyph origin

Tenth century “West Arabic” variation of the Nepali form of Hindu-Arabic numeral ‫٠ (0)‬ (compare Devanāgarī script ), adopted for use with the Latin script in Europe. See 0 § History for more.

Symbol

0

  1. (Arabic digits) The cardinal number zero indicating absence of any quantity.
  2. A digit in decimal, binary, and every other base numbering system.
    15 × 134 = 2010
    0000 00012
    0x1000E001 (hexadecimal notation)
  3. (mathematics) The identity element with respect to addition.
  4. (mathematics, computer science) A Boolean or truth value corresponding to false.
    f : Bk → B : B = {0, 1}
    A&B&C=0 → A=0 || B=0 || C=0
  5. (computing) Indicates that the number that follows is in octal.
  6. (phonetics, often superscript) the pitch of a tone that is more extreme than 1 (higher or lower, depending on local convention; e.g. 0 is the highest tone in Chatino)
  7. (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) lack of an inherent tone; the pitch depends on the tones of the surrounding syllables.

Alternative forms

The following forms are equivalent as a decimal digit:

The additional following forms are equivalent as a cardinal number:

Derived terms

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Other representations of 0:

English

Pronunciation

Noun

0 (plural 0s)

  1. 0.
  2. The origin, starting point, or fixed reference point, especially for a measurement.
    The 0 for the Celsius scale is 273.15 Kelvin.
  3. (electrical engineering) The off or low bit state.
    If the NOT gate input is 1, the output is 0.

Derived terms

See also

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Noun

0

  1. (gay slang) bottom
Synonyms
  • (Hong Kong Cantonese) 0仔 (ling4 zai2)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • 0.5 (língdiǎnwǔ)
  • 1 ()

Etymology 2

Grammaticisation of (zero).

Pronunciation

Particle

0

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) A negation particle (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

  • 2024, 陳詠儀 [Wing Yee Chan], 唐翊竣 [Yik Chun Tong], 謝家朗 [Ka Long Tse], “香港粵語否定詞“0”的語法特徵 [Grammatical Features of the Negative Word "0" in Hong Kong Cantonese]”, in 《中國語文通訊》, volume 103, number 1, →DOI, pages 43-65: