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
九は私のラッキーナンバーです。

Nine is my lucky number.

じょう
憲法第九条は平和の象徴だ。

Article 9 of the Constitution is a symbol of peace.

九十 きゅうじゅう
祖父は今年で九十歳になります。

My grandfather turns ninety years old this year.

壮健 そうけん
祖父は九十歳だが、壮健だ。

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

九時 くじ
会議は九時に始まります。

The meeting starts at nine o'clock.

出勤 しゅっきん
彼は毎朝九時に出勤している。

He goes to work at nine every morning.

十九 じゅうきゅう
彼女は十九歳で初めて海外旅行に行った。

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

爛熟 らんじゅく
十九世紀末のパリは、爛熟した文化の香りに包まれていた。

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

九月 くがつ
学校は九月に始まります。

School starts in September.

九州 きゅうしゅう
今年の夏休みは、家族と一緒に九州を旅行する予定です。

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

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