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is the character for zero (0) and is pronounced ling. Note the tone marker for the second tone over the letter i. Pronounce this character in a low to high tone. To start learning to count, first get comfortable with the characters and pronunciations for the words for the numbers from 1 to 5. The first three characters are perhaps the easiest to remember because they are the same number of lines as the number they represent. One (1) is yi. Two (2) is er. Three (3) is san. Four (4) is si. Five (5) is wu. Once you can say and write the characters for the first 5 numbers, move on to the numbers 6 through 10. Practice them the same way you practiced the numbers 1 through 5 until you have them memorized. Six (6) is liu. Seven (7) is qi. Eight (8) is ba. Nine (9) is jiu. Ten (10) is shi.
Start with the character for zero (0). Count from 1 to 5. Continue counting from 6 to 10.