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十九 (じゅうきゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

十じゅう九きゅう

Common word

Meanings

1

numeric

nineteen; 19

The number 19. Used in counting, ages, dates, and quantities.

彼かれは十じゅう九きゅう歳さいです。
He is nineteen years old.
今日きょうは十じゅう九く日にちです。
Today is the nineteenth.

Written forms

十じゅう九きゅう
Standard kanji spelling for the number 19.
１９
Arabic numeral spelling, common in horizontal writing and lists.
一九じゅうきゅう
Formal or legal kanji spelling; rarely used in everyday writing.

Kanji

十ten
九nine
一

one, one radical (no.1)

Similar words

二に十じゅう
Twenty, the next number after nineteen.
十じゅう八はち
Eighteen, the number before nineteen.

Etymology

Compound of 十 (じゅう, ten) and 九 (きゅう, nine). The reading じゅうきゅう follows regular on'yomi combination.