Most Japanese may read "?" "zero". For example the famous combat plane "??"?is called zero sen. Mitsuyoshi Yamada -- ? ?? ? ????-??? ??????????? ???? ???/??????? ?????`?? ???monte at gem.hi-ho.ne.jp ???????? ????? L ? ?? Carpe Diem. ??????????????????????? http://www.gem.hi-ho.ne.jp/monte/index.html