The origin of this kanji is unclear, but it may descend from a representation of a dragon or a bent elbow.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Reading Meaning
⭐ 九 きゅう／く nine
⭐ 九つ ここのつ nine things
九日 ここのか ninth day of the month; nine days
九月 くがつ September
九百 きゅうひゃく nine hundred
三拝九拝 さんぱいきゅうはい bowing repeatedly
九分九厘 くぶくりん nine times out of ten
九重 ここのえ ninefold