ChiramiN5 kanji · 2 strokes
九 means nine
九
九Memory trick
Almost ten (十), but with its arm bent back: nine.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- nine
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) ここの kokono
ここの (kokono) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: ここのつ kokonotsu
From Chinese (onyomi) キュウ kyuu
キュウ (kyuu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ク ku
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
九つ ここのつ · kokonotsu
nine
Used in 16 kanji
Quick check
What does 九 mean?
Right: 九 means nine.Not quite: 九 means nine.In 九つ, which reading does 九 use?
Right. 九つ is read ここのつ (kokonotsu): 九 takes ここの, its Japanese reading, with つ after it.Not quite. 九つ is read ここのつ (kokonotsu): 九 takes ここの, its Japanese reading, with つ after it.