Moto 九: NineKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キュウ、ク
- Kun'yomi
- ここの、ここの(つ)
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 126 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キュウ・ク)
- 九きゅうnine
- 九月くがつSeptember
- 十九じゅうきゅう19; nineteen
- 九州きゅうしゅうKyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
- 九十きゅうじゅうninety; 90
- 九九くくmultiplication table; times table
- 千九百年代せんきゅうひゃくねんだいthe 1900s
- 九分くぶnine parts; nine percent
- 九死きゅうしnarrowly averting death
- 二十九日にじゅうくにちtwenty-ninth day of the month
- 北九州きたきゅうしゅうKitakyushu (city)
- 十九日じゅうくにちnineteenth day of the month
- 四十九日しじゅうくにちforty-ninth day after a person's death
- 三三九度さんさんくどthree-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
- 九か年きゅうかねんnovennial; recurring every nine years
- 九一一事件きゅういちいちじけんSeptember 11th attacks
- 九九の表くくのひょうmultiplication table
- 九仙きゅうせんmulticolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus, was Halichoeres poecilopterus)
- 九仞の功きゅうじんのこうspectacular success
- 九仞の功を一簣に虧くきゅうじんのこうをいっきにかくto fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle
- 九分どおりくぶどおりnine out of ten; nearly
- 九分九厘くぶくりんten to one; nine cases out of ten
- 九分通りくぶどおりnine out of ten; nearly
- 九卿きゅうけいnine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
- 九品くほんnine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land
- 九品浄土くほんじょうどAmitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)
- 九品蓮台くほんれんだいnine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
- 九回きゅうかいnine times
- 九回の腸きゅうかいのちょうhaving one's guts twisted in anguish; deep grief
- 九地きゅうちvery low land
- 九夏きゅうかsummer
- 九天きゅうてんsky; heavens
- 九天直下きゅうてんちょっかfalling headlong; plummeting
- 九官鳥きゅうかんちょうcommon hill mynah (Gracula religiosa); hill myna
- 九寸五分くすんごぶdagger
- 九尺二間くしゃくにけん(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 九つここのつnine
- 九重ここのえninefold
- 九日ここのかninth day of the month
- 九つ時ここのつどき(approx.) twelve o'clock (am or pm, old time system); noon
Other readings
- 一一九番ひゃくじゅうきゅうばん119; ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number
- ストロンチウム九〇ストロンチウムきゅうじゅうstrontium 90 (Sr-90)
- 三々九度さんさんくどthree-times-three exchange of nuptial cups
- 三拝九拝さんぱいきゅうはいkowtowing; bowing repeatedly
- 九々くくmultiplication table; times table
- 九々の表くくのひょうmultiplication table
- 九〇きゅうじゅうninety; 90
- 九〇〇きゅうひゃく900; nine hundred
- 九〇式大空中聴音機きゅうまるしきだいくうちゅうちょうおんきJapanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army
- 九カ年きゅうかねんnovennial; recurring every nine years
- 九ケ年きゅうかねんnovennial; recurring every nine years
- 九ヵ年きゅうかねんnovennial; recurring every nine years
- 九ヶ年きゅうかねんnovennial; recurring every nine years
- 九一くっぴんscoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
- 九六くんろくozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
- 九十九折つづらおりwinding; meandering
- 九十九折りつづらおりwinding; meandering
- 九十九神つくもがみartifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
- 九十九髪つくもがみan old woman's gray hair
- 九十路ここのそじage ninety; one's nineties
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