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九
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nine

HSK 1 N4
Abstract →Numbers
jiǔ
キュウ、ク
ここの、ここの.つ
구, 규
Depicts an elbow. Based on the original meaning "elbow", now written as 肘. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
九
Regular
Modern
Chinese
九 [jiǔ]
nine; 9
Japanese
九 、 ９ 、 玖 きゅう 、 く 、 ここの 、 この 、 ここ 同音
numeric nine; 9 (玖 is used in legal documents)
九 チュー 同音
numeric nine (クー, キュー or チュー in mahjong)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
彼は「九時だ」と言った。
He said, "It's nine o'clock."
Japanese Names
九 あつみ
Atsumi given name
九 あつむ
Atsumu unclassified name
九 いちじく
Ichijiku female given namesurname
九 いちのく
Ichinoku surname
九 きゅう
Kyū given name
九 きゆう
Kiyū unclassified name
九 く
Ku surname
九 くちのく
Kuchinoku surname
九 くのり
Kunori unclassified name
九 くらん
Kuran unclassified name
九 さざらし
Sazarashi surname
九 たかし
Takashi unclassified name
九 ちかし
Chikashi unclassified name
九 ひさ
Hisa unclassified name
九 ひさし
Hisashi given name
九 まる
Maru surname
CHINESE WORDS (165)
九月 [Jiǔ​yuè] #10,672
September
马英九 [Mǎ​Yīng​jiǔ] #9,134
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
马英九 [Mǎ​Yīng​jiǔ] #9,134
Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
九江 [Jiǔ​jiāng] #13,844
Jiujiang prefecture-level city in Jiangxi
九龙 [Jiǔ​lóng] #46,460
Kowloon district of Hong Kong
九龙 [Jiǔ​lóng] #46,460
Kowloon district of Hong Kong
九州 [Jiǔ​zhōu] #30,569
division of China during earliest dynasties
九成 [jiǔ​chéng] #18,650
nine-tenths
九寨沟 [Jiǔ​zhài​gōu] #19,802
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
九寨沟 [Jiǔ​zhài​gōu] #19,802
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan
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JAPANESE WORDS (155)
⭐ 九 [きゅう] #1,983
nine
⭐ 上手く行く [うまくいく] #4,690
to go smoothly
９時 [くじ] #8,097
nine o'clock
⭐ ９０ [きゅうじゅう] #9,551
ninety
⭐ 十九 [じゅうきゅう] #9,777
nineteen
⭐ ９月 [くがつ] #10,469
September
⭐ 九州 [きゅうしゅう] #12,256
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
十中八九 [じっちゅうはっく] #16,222
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten
⭐ 九九 [くく] #18,757
multiplication table
第九 [だいく] #20,227
ninth
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KOREAN WORDS (7)
십중팔구 #41,524
almost all; supermajority
구관조
mynah
구미호
gumiho; fox with nine tails
구사일생
narrow escape
구십
ninety
구월
September
구천
the other world