Kanji

九

nine

Kanji

Grade

Grade 1

Strokes

2 strokes

Radical

乙部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キュウ, ク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ここの, ここのつ

Nanori (Name Reading)

かず, ここ, ただ, ちか, ちかし, つね, なが, ひこ, ひさ, ひさし

Common Readings

キュウ, ク, ここの, ここの…つ

Example sentences

きゅう
ラッキーナンバー です

Nine is my lucky number.

じょう
憲法 平和 象徴

Article 9 of the Constitution is a symbol of peace.

九十 きゅうじゅう
祖父 今年 九十 なります

My grandfather turns ninety years old this year.

壮健 そうけん
祖父 九十 壮健

My grandfather is ninety years old, but he is still healthy.

九時 くじ
会議 九時 始まります

The meeting starts at nine o'clock.

出勤 しゅっきん
毎朝 九時 出勤 している

He goes to work at nine every morning.

十九 じゅうきゅう
彼女 十九 初めて 海外 旅行 行った

She went on her first overseas trip at the age of nineteen.

爛熟 らんじゅく
十九 世紀 パリ 爛熟 した 文化 香り 包まれていた

Paris at the end of the 19th century was enveloped in the scent of a decadent culture.

九月 くがつ
学校 九月 始まります

School starts in September.

九州 きゅうしゅう
今年 夏休み 家族 一緒 九州 旅行 する 予定 です

This summer vacation, I plan to travel around Kyushu with my family.

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