12
Keyword
nine
Frequency
#55
Strokes
2
Grade
1
JLPT (old)
N4
Heisig
9
Readings
キュウ40%
ク40%
ここの20%
Mnemonic
A strongman bends his arm and curls his hand into a hook, flexing the way a champion shows off: that shape is nine.
Stroke order
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
十じゅう九きゅう
nineteen; 19
Numeric
九く月がつ
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Noun
九きゅう
nine; 9
Numeric
九きゅう十じゅう
ninety; 90
Numeric
九きゅう州しゅう
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Noun
一一九番ひゃくじゅうきゅうばん
119 (ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number in Japan)
Noun
九く九く
multiplication table; times table
Noun
九ここの日か
9th day of the month; nine days
Noun
十じゅう九く日にち
19th day of the month; 19 days
Noun
二に十じゅう九く日にち
29th day of the month; 29 days
Noun
四し十じゅう九く日にち
forty-ninth day after a person's death
Noun
九チュー
nine
Numeric
九ここのつ
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
Numeric
九ここの重え
ninefold; imperial palace; the Court
Noun
九く絵え
longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)
Noun
九く分ぶ
nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent
Noun
十じっ中ちゅう八はっ九く
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
Adverb
九きゅう死し
narrowly averting death
Noun
九きゅう大だい
Kyushu University (abbr)
Noun
九きゅう星せい
nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope
Noun