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九 — 2 strokes ／ Radical「乙」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 2 strokes ／ Radical「乙」
On
キュウ・クきゅう・く · kyū · ku
Kun
ここの・ここの(つ)kokono · kokono(tsu)
Meaning
nine

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From a bent-arm shape, borrowed to mean nine.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキュウきゅうkyū九百きゅうひゃく三拝九拝さんはいきゅうはい
Onクくku九分九厘きゅうふんきゅうりん九月きゅうがつ
Kunここのkokono九日ここのか九重くじゅう
Kunここのつkokonotsu九つここのつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 九つここのつ

    nine

  • 九月くがつ

    September

More words with this kanji

  • 九州きゅうしゅう
  • 九分九厘くぶくりん
  • 九仞きゅうじん
  • 九竅きゅうきょう
  • 九逵きゅうき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

とりが 九(きゅう)わ います。

There are nine birds.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

九月九月moon乙the la…乞beg也is乱disord…乳milk口mouth休rest及reach于in久long…
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Compound

Map of radical 乙Map of reading キュウAll maps

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