九十
きゅうじゅう
hepburn kyuujuu
ninety, 90
Part of speech · numeral
Pattern visualization
九nine
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十ten
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2 strokes · 1.3s
2 strokes · 1.3s
Examples
- 九十歳まで元気だった。Healthy until 90.
- 九十パーセント完成。90 percent done.
Collocations
九十 (kyuujuu, 90)九十歳九十パーセント卒寿 (sotsuju, 90th)九十年代
Mnemonic
Kyuujuu (九十) is "ninety." Kyuu plus juu. 90th sotsuju (卒寿). 九 reads kyuu orthodox (counter) or ku (month kugatsu, clock ku-ji). Mild 苦-suffering homophone avoidance.
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九 split?