JLPT level N5
Kanji 九 — "Nine"
Here is what 九 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Nine" stick.
How it is read
On'yomi
きゅう, く
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
Kun'yomi
ここのつ
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
What it is made of
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
九 Nine
九 Nine
The story
Once again, kanji and component match — Nine is just nine!
- 九 Nine
See how it looks like the letter 'n'? That's because it means Nine, which starts with 'n'!
Words that use 九
3 of 3 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 九 きゅう / く nine
- 九つ ここのつ nine things
- 九日 ここのか 9th day, 9 days
Want 九 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
