九

九 ninth

Meanings: nine, 9, ninth On Readings: キュウ kyuu, ク ku Kun Readings: ここの kokono, ここの（つ） kokono(tsu) Most Used Pronunciation: kyuu JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 乙 Stroke Number: 2

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Common jukugo
九月 - く　がつ ku gatsu - September (9th Month)
十九 - じゅう　きゅう juu kyuu - 19 [lit. 10 + 9]
九十 - きゅう　じゅう kyuu juu - 90 [lit. 9 + 10]
九ヵ月 - きゅう　か　げつ kyuu ka getsu - 9 months (in length)

Useful Examples

Look alike kanji
力 , 力 A person is stronger (力) when he doesn't let his foot stick out., 丸

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.