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Kanji for Nine
The kanji for “nine” is 九, read kyuu and written in 2 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
九
nine
Nine, the highest single number in old Chinese thought.
2 strokes On reading キュウ、ク (kyuu, ku) Kun reading ここの、ここのつ (kokono, kokonotsu) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: nine
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kyuu, ku
In Japan it appears in about 248 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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