Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

55 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 2

Meaning: nine

Kunyomi: ここの ここの.つ

Onyomi: キュウ

Composition: 丿

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おつ

Meaning: second

Strokes: 1

Examples

Examples with audio

州(きゅうしゅう)   Kyuushuu

回(きゅうかい)   9 times

年(きゅうねん)   9 years

月(くがつ)   September

時(くじ)   9 o'clock

日(じゅうくにち)   19 days, 19th of the month

日(ここのか)   9 days, 9th of the month

つ(ここのつ)   9 (objects)

Onyomi Examples

キュウ nine, 9

キュウシュウ Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

ジュウキュウ 19, nineteen

チョウキュウ Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month), Double Ninth Festival

キュウ nine, 9

9月 クガツ September, ninth month of the lunar calendar

クク multiplication table, times table

ダイク the ninth, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Kunyomi Examples

きゅう nine, 9

ここのえ ninefold, imperial palace, the Court

ここのつ nine, nine years of age, twelve o'clock (old time system)

つ時 ここのつどき (approx.) twelve o'clock (am or pm, old time system), noon, midnight