九
nine
2 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 55.
Readings
- キュウ (on reading): 九州 (きゅうしゅう) Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan); 九州大学 (きゅうしゅうだいがく) Kyushu University
- ク (on reading): 九条ネギ (くじょうねぎ) Kujō spring onion (variety common in the Kansai region); 九品 (くほん) nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land
- ここの (kun reading): 九重 (ここのえ) ninefold; 九十路 (ここのそじ) age ninety
- ここのつ (kun reading): 九つ (ここのつ) nine; 九つ時 (ここのつどき) (approx.) twelve o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
- Read as a whole word: 九十九折 (つづらおり) winding
Components
Kanji containing 九
- 究 research
- 丸 round
- 染 dye
- 雑 miscellaneous
- 旭 rising sun
- 軌 rut
- 鳩 pigeon
- 尻 buttocks
- 仇 foe
- 卆 soldier
- 抛 hurl
- 馗 road
Words using 九
- 九州 (きゅうしゅう) Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
- 九州大学 (きゅうしゅうだいがく) Kyushu University
- 九州電力 (きゅうしゅうでんりょく) Kyushu Electric Power
- 九州地方 (きゅうしゅうちほう) Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
- 九死に一生 (きゅうしにいっしょう) narrow escape from death
- 九条ネギ (くじょうねぎ) Kujō spring onion (variety common in the Kansai region)
- 九品 (くほん) nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land
- 九頭竜 (くずりゅう) nine-headed dragon
- 九九 (くく) multiplication table
- 九曜 (くよう) Navagraha (divine personifications of the nine celestial bodies in Hindu mythology)
- 九十九折 (つづらおり) winding
- 九重 (ここのえ) ninefold
- 九十路 (ここのそじ) age ninety
- 九つ (ここのつ) nine
- 九つ時 (ここのつどき) (approx.) twelve o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
- 幺九牌 (ヤオチュウハイ) terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)
- 断ヤオ九 (タンヤオチュー) all simples
- 十三ヤオ九 (シーサンヤオチュー) thirteen orphans
- 牌九 (パイガオ) pai gow (Chinese gambling game played with dominoes)
- 九蓮宝燈 (チューレンポートー) nine gates
140 words in all.