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九

Nine
Stroke count: 2

Readings

On readingキュウ、ク
Kun readingここの、ここの.つ

Meanings

  1. nineRtK
    九つnine thingstatoeba
    九月Septembertatoeba
  1. 9

Homonyms

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Popular Usage

九日九つ

Radicals and components

Radical乙second
Components
How it's built
九
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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baseball

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 9

Compound words

彼は「九時だ」と言った。く
He said, "It's nine o'clock."tatoeba
彼は十中八九来るだろう。
He will come nine times out of ten.tatoeba
彼は十中八九会議に遅れる。
He is late for meetings nine times out of ten.tatoeba
彼は私が自転車で九州へ行くなんてばかげてると思った。
He thought it foolish of me to go to Kyushu by bike.tatoeba
彼は交通事故で九死に一生を得た。
He had a narrow escape in the traffic accident.tatoeba
左琴神亀六年二月九日
Sakin ('左琴,' literally, the Japanese harp on the left): March 17, 729wiki
右書神亀六年二月九日
Usho ('右書,' literally, the document on the right): March 17, 729wiki
すなわち、次の九つである。
They are the following nine regions.wiki
文化圏は九つから四つに集約される。
The nine cultural regions were consolidated into four cultural regions.wiki

Stroke Order

2 strokes

Nine. A sweeping stroke and a stroke that bends right and up.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 九

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step