九 — nine

Grade 1 kanji · 2 strokes · on'yomi ku · kun'yomi kokono·tsu.

A hook — dressed to the nines with a curled hook like a clothes hanger.

Example words

• 九つ — kokonotsu — nine things
• 九月 — kugatsu — September

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