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九 kanji
nine
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
キュウク
Kun readings
ここのここのつ
Words with 九
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3九Popularnine; 9
- —九州PopularKyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
- —十九Popularnineteen; 19
- —北九州PopularKitakyushu (city)
- —千九百年代Popularthe 1900s
- —九十Popularninety; 90
- —九夏summer
- —九穀the nine grains
- —九星nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope
- —九折many turns (in a road)
- —九泉hades; nether regions
- —九族nine nearest generations of relatives; four generations back, oneself, and four generations to come
- —九地very low land
- —九天sky; heavens; palace
- —九拝bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; yours respectfully; respectfully yours
- —九死narrowly averting death
- —九生nine lives (of a cat)
- —九竅the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals (mouth, eyes, ears, etc.); nine orifices
- —九卿nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government); high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō
- —九紫ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)