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nine
Stroke count: 2

Readings

On readingキュウ
Kun readingここのここの.つ

Meanings

  1. nineRtK
    nine thingstatoeba
    Septembertatoeba
  1. 9

Popular Usage

九日九つ

Radicals and components

Radicalsecond
Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

baseball

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

Compound words

彼は「時だ」と言った。
He said, "It's nine o'clock."tatoeba
彼は十中八来るだろう。
He will come nine times out of ten.tatoeba
彼は十中八会議に遅れる。
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
Sakin ('左琴,' literally, the Japanese harp on the left): March 17, 729wiki
右書神亀六年二月
Usho ('右書,' literally, the document on the right): March 17, 729wiki
すなわち、次のつである。
They are the following nine regions.wiki
文化圏は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

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 九

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