#55
九
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Words containing 九
- 九 nine, 9
- 九 nine
- 九州 Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
- 十中八九 in 8 or 9 cases out of ten, in all probability
- 九時 nine o'clock
- 十九 nineteen, 19
- 九月 September
- 九十 ninety, 90
- 九日 9th day of the month
- 九割 ninety percent
- 第九 ninth
- 九人 nine people
- 九つ nine
- 九九 multiplication table, times table
- 九死に一生を得る to have a narrow escape from death
- 九百 900, nine hundred
- 二九 eighteen
- 九分 nine parts, ninety percent, mostly
- 九分 nine minutes
- 九回 nine times
- 九分九厘 almost certainly, in all probability, ten to one, in ninety-nine cases out of...
- 九六 ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
- 北九州 Kitakyushu (city)
- 九段 ninth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
- 九重 ninefold
- 二十九 29, twenty nine
- 九官鳥 common hill mynah (Gracula religiosa), hill myna, myna bird
- 九死に一生 narrow escape from death
- 九一 scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
- 九尾の狐 nine-tailed fox, old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting pow...
- 九字 nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by m...
- 九州地方 Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
- 九曜 Navagraha (divine personifications of the nine celestial bodies in Hindu myth...
- 一一九番 119 (ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number in Japan)
- 九頭竜 nine-headed dragon
- 九州男児 strapping Kyushu lad, virile son of Kyushu
Kanji using this component
Other kanji that contain 九
References reference codes
- SKIP
- 4-2-4
- S-H Descriptor
- 0a2.15
- Four Corner
- 4001.7
- De Roo
- 1657
- Nelson (Classic)
- 146
- Nelson (New)
- 57
- Halpern (NJECD)
- 3369
- Halpern (KKD)
- 4176
- Heisig
- 9
- Heisig (6th ed)
- 9
- Morohashi
- 167
- Henshall
- 12
- Spahn-Hadamitzky
- 11
