九
九 — nine
- JLPT
- JLPT N5
- Strokes
- 2
- Taught in
- School year 1
- Frequency
- #55 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- きゅう kyuu
- く ku
- きゅう kyuu
- Kun'yomi
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- ここの kokono
- ここの.つ kokono.tsu
- ここの kokono
Example words
- 九時 kuji nine o'clock
Words that use 九
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