九 — kanji meaning “nine”
九
nine
- Meanings
- nine
- On'yomi
- キュウ (kyuu)、ク (ku)
- Kun'yomi
- ここの、ここの.つ
- Name readings
- いちじく、いちのく、この、ひさし
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #55 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 5
- Chinese reading
- jiǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 九
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 九州 | きゅうしゅう kyuushuu | Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan) |
| 九つ | ここのつ kokonotsu | nine |
| 北九州 | きたきゅうしゅう kitakyuushuu | Kitakyushu (city) |
| 九重 | ここのえ kokonoe | ninefold |
| 九死 | きゅうし kyuushi | narrowly averting death |
| 九分 | くぶ kubu | nine parts; ninety percent; mostly |
| 十中八九 | じっちゅうはっく jitchuuhakku | in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability |
| 九州大学 | きゅうしゅうだいがく kyuushuudaigaku | Kyushu University |
| 九州電力 | きゅうしゅうでんりょく kyuushuudenryoku | Kyushu Electric Power |
| 九大 | きゅうだい kyuudai | Kyushu University (abbr) |
| 十九 | じゅうきゅう juukyuu | nineteen; 19 |
| 九星 | きゅうせい kyuusei | nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope |
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