N5 Kanji Course

Teacher

Marshall

Kanji 9: 九

Meaning:

In Japanese，九 means “nine”.

How to read it:

Kunyomi	ここの
Onyomi	きゅう、く

How to write it:

Origin:

The original meaning of 九 is elbow, so it looks like an elbow, right?
But now the meaning of 九 is nine and it has nothing to do with elbow, so we made a new kanji to stand for elbow, which is 肘ひじ，you will learn it in later lessons.

Note:
You can remember 九 as “My elbow is nine inches thick”.

Development:

Vocabulary:

Word	Reading	Meaning
九	きゅう	nine (number)
九つ	ここのつ	nine (counter)
九十	きゅうじゅう	ninety
九百	きゅうひゃく	nine hundred
九千	きゅうせん	nine thousand
九月	くがつ	September

Examples:

私わたしは普ふ通つう九時くじに寝ねる。
I usually go to bed at nine o’clock.

九きゅうページを開ひらきなさい。
Open your book to page nine.

トムは九ここのつのココナッツを食たべました。
Tom ate nine coconuts.

このネックレスは九きゅう千せんドルです。
This necklace costs 9,000 dollars.

今日きょうから九く月がつまで授じゅ業ぎょうがないのがうれしいです。
I’m happy because starting today, we don’t have any school until September.

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