九 kanji — Nine | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

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九 kanji — Nine | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

九

Nine

2 strokes

N5

On readings 音読み

きゅう、く

Kun readings 訓読み

ここの、ここの.つ

Built from

Nine

Memory hook

A hook with an elbow, one short of ten — nine.

Words using 九

九つここのつnine thingsN5 九きゅうnineN5 九くnineN5 九日ここのかnine daysN5 九九くくmultiplication table 九州きゅうしゅうKyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)九重ここのえninefold 十九じゅうきゅうnineteen 千九百年代せんきゅうひゃくねんだいthe 1900s 北九州きたきゅうしゅうKitakyushu (city)

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