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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "o"|0|㇣|ㅇ|◯}}
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==Chinese==

===Glyph origin 1===
It is considered a placeholder for a missing Chinese character. Used to express a zero digit in a number since at least the (c.) 12th century, perhaps even earlier than the concept "zero" appeared in the Chinese language. Also written as {{zh-l|□}} in early literature.

====Definitions====
{{zh-see|零|v|zero}}
{{zh-see|空|v|zero}}

=====See also=====
{{Chinese-numbers}}

===Glyph origin 2===
{{coinage|zh|Wu Zetian|nat=Chinese|occ=empress regnant}}. One of the {{w|Chinese characters of Empress Wu}}.

====Definitions====
{{zh-see|星|v}}

{{cat|cmn|Beginning Mandarin}}
{{cln|zh|cardinal numbers|numbers|numeral symbols|numerals}}

==Japanese==

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from [[English]] [[zero]].

====Alternative forms====
* {{ja-l|零}}

====Symbol====
{{ja-pos|symbol|ゼロ}}

# {{non-gloss|Used to write [[zero]] in [[kanji]] [[positional notation]].}}
#: {{ja-x|二〇〇七%年%七%月%二三%日|にせんしち% ねん% しち%がつ% にじゅうさん%にち|July 23, 2'''00'''7}}

===Etymology 2===

====Symbol====
{{head|ja|symbol}}

# {{n-g|See {{m|ja|○}} for the plain circle.}}

{{cln|ja|numeral symbols}}

==Zhuang==

===Numeral===
{{za-head|numeral}}

# {{za-sawndip form of|lingz||zero}}