ZERO    零

The EMPTY NUMBER.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. 無 x 直 means "the value of X is zero". JZ 8.8: 下無錢直 "below there is no coin value, i.e. there is zero. 2. 虛缺　JZ 8.8 於下實虛缺矣 "below, the dividend, having been empty, now involves a lack> is negative
Modern Chinese Criteria
零 零兒 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • NUMBER　QUANTITY when COUNTED. [THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS FIELD REMAIN CIRCULAR ON MANY LEVELS AND NEED TO BE CAREFULLY REVISED IN COLLABORATION WITH KARINE CHEMLA.] (anc: 6/0, child: 19)
  • QUANTITY　DEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • DEGREE　FEATURE of MORE or LESS. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
  • Quiddities. An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary ( QUINE 1987) p. 2339

    • Words (1 items)

    空  kōng OC: khooŋ MC: khuŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: 1. the number zero;　2. （ from ca. 400 AD 孫子算經　the digit zero in a many-digit number.　SUPPLY EXAMPLE!!!JZ 8.9, comm. Liu Hui: 左上空。中法。下實。 "in the left column the top position is empty. The middle position is the divisor, and the lower position is the dividend." The parallelism in this series of statements shows that kōng 空 must be taken as an abstract noun, along with the other abstract nouns. 開元占經 (ed. 每空位處，�琣 w 一點。 "At each place where there is an empty position, one regularly places one dot (when one uses the Indian system)." (describing the Indian system as seen with Chinese eyes).