九 – nine

2 strokesTaught in grade 1#55 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 九 means nine. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キュウ、ク (kyuu, ku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ここの、ここの.つ (kokono, kokonotsu). It is written with 2 strokes, under radical 乙 (no. 5).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キュウ	kyuu
On’yomi	ク	ku
Kun’yomi	ここの	kokono
Kun’yomi	ここの.つ	kokonotsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 乙 (Kangxi radical 5).

Words using 九

九きゅうnine九くnine九日ここのか9th day of the month九つここのつnine

Example sentences

彼は「九時だ」と言った。

He said, "It's nine o'clock."

Tatoeba #108121

彼は「九時だ」と言った。

He said, "It's nine o'clock."

Tatoeba #108121

Kanji with the same radical

乱乳乾乙

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.