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九人

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ここの
Grade: 1
たり
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

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From Old Japanese.

  • The most likely derivation is from (kokono, 9, nine) +‎ (-tari, counter for persons).

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

  • Today, 九人 is commonly read as くにん or きゅうにん, uncommonly as ここのたり.

Noun

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(ここの)(たり) (kokonotari

  1. nine person; nine people

See also

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Japanese number-counter combinations for
1 2 3 4 5
(ひと)() (hitori)
(いち)(にん) (ichinin)
(ふた)() (futari)
()(にん) (ninin)
(さん)(にん) (sannin)
()(たり) (mitari)
()(にん) (yonin)
()(たり) (yotari)
(よっ)(たり) (yottari)
()(にん) (gonin)
(いつ)(たり) (itsutari)
6 7 8 9 10
(ろく)(にん) (rokunin)
()(たり) (mutari)
(むゆ)(たり) (muyutari)
(しち)(にん) (shichinin)
(なな)(にん) (nananin)
(なな)(たり) (nanatari)
(はち)(にん) (hachinin)
()(たり) (yatari)
()(にん) (kunin)
(きゅう)(にん) (kyūnin)
(ここの)(たり) (kokonotari)
(じゅう)(にん) (jūnin)
()(たり) (totari)
20 100 1,000 10,000 How many?
()(じゅう)(にん) (nijūnin)
廿(にじゅう)(にん) (nijūnin)
二十(はた)(たり) (hatatari)
廿(はた)(たり) (hatatari)
(ひゃく)(にん) (hyakunin)
(もも)(たり) (momotari)
(せん)(にん) (sennin)
()(たり) (chitari)
(いち)(まん)(にん) (ichimannin)
(まん)(にん) (mannin)
(ばん)(にん) (bannin)
(なん)(にん) (nannin)
(いく)(にん) (ikunin)
(いく)(たり) (ikutari)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
きゅう
Grade: 1
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

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()(にん) or (きゅう)(にん) (kunin or kyūnin

  1. nine person; nine people