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キュウ・ク
Kun
Meaning
black jade; nine

Origin

ORIGIN

Jade with 久 as phonetic: a beautiful black stone; also the formal form of "nine".

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • きゅう

    black jade; formal 'nine'

  • 玖珠くす

    Kusu (town in Oita)

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

証書では九を玖と書くことがある。

On certificates, nine is sometimes written with this formal character.

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