2 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N5

nine

Kun'yomi
  • nine
  • nine ②nine years of age ③twelve o'clock (old time system)
On'yomi
  • キュ
    nine
  • nine
Nanori
  • いちじく
  • いちのく
  • nine
  • ひさし

Main Radical

(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

キュウ 92.9%
6.0%
ここのここの 1.1%

Character Breakdown

nine
キュウ ク ここの (1st, N5)

Contained In

氿

Common Words

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
the ninth ②Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
nine times ②twisting around many times
narrow escape from the jaw of death
narrowly averting death
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References

Unicode hex code 4E5D
JIS X 0208 1-22-69
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 146
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 57
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3369
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4176
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 2112
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2858
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O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 16
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Morohashi Daikanwajiten 167
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 12
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 11
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 11
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 9
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 8
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 9
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 5
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 112
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 9
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 1.A
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 26
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 9
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a2.15
Four corner code 4001.7
De Roo Code 1657