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)
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
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 9
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Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 58
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