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九人 (きゅうにん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

九きゅう人にん

also: くにん

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Meanings

1

nine people

Standard counter for people; used when counting exactly nine individuals.

九きゅう人にんの学がく生せいが教きょう室しつにいます。
There are nine students in the classroom.

予よ約やくは九きゅう人にんでお願ねがいします。

Reservation for nine people, please.

Grammar

一人ひとり・二に本ほん・三さん冊さつNumbers and countersN5

Kanji

九nine
人person

Related words

八はち人にん
Means 'eight people'; the counter 人 follows the same pattern but with different number readings.
十じゅう人にん
Means 'ten people'; note the reading じゅうにん, not じゅうにん.

Written forms

九人
- きゅうにん
  Standard kanji spelling for 'nine people'.
- くにん
  Alternate reading くにん is less common and may sound old-fashioned or dialectal.
９人
- きゅうにん
  Arabic numeral spelling, common in informal writing and signs.
- くにん
くにん

Etymology

Compound of 九 (kyuu, 'nine') + 人 (nin, counter for people). The reading くにん is an older or dialectal variant.