Take the 2-minute tour ×  I came across ０３年度 and ０９年度, and while
the meaning is clear I didn't know the actual way of reading it.
My first reaction was ゼロさんねんど, but I have no way of checking if
that's right. I thought it might also be simply, さんねんど, but
again I can't tell.  share|improve this question
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知恵袋で聞いてみました(他力本願？えへっ^^)いい答えが返ってくればいいのだけど・・・ –  Chocolate Jan 31
'12 at 8:45 add comment  1 Answer  I think we usually read them
as さんねんど, きゅうねんど etc. I've never heard anyone say ゼロさんねんど or
ゼロきゅうねんど.　I think we write that way to differentiate
（西暦/A.D.）０３年度 from （平成）３年度.  share|improve this answer I would
read it as ゼロさんねんど and ゼロきゅうねんど, and I have never imagined
anyone would read differently (because of my lack of
imagination). –  Tsuyoshi Ito Jan 21 '12 at 0:47 @TsuyoshiIto
san, Ah, really... Sorry it may be because I've never worked for
a 'company' so maybe I just don't know it... I'll try to do some
research and add some more information if I find anything... (or
else maybe I