Word Meaning 九九

くく kuku

九九 is read as くく (kuku) and means multiplication table.

Meaning

English

multiplication table
times table

Reading

Kana

くく

Romaji

kuku

Writing Variants

九々くく kuku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 4 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 13506 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

九

きゅう

nine

九十

くじゅう

ninety

九日

ここぬか

9th day of the month

九つ

ここのつ

nine

九月

くがつ

September

十九

じゅうきゅう

九重

くじゅう

ninefold

九州

きゅうしゅう

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

九分

くぶ

nine parts

九死

きゅうし

narrowly averting death

九穀

きゅうこく

the nine grains

九州新幹線

きゅうしゅうしんかんせん

Kyushu Shinkansen

Example Sentences

トムは、難しい問題はスラスラ解けるのに、九九とか簡単な計算が苦手なんだよ。

Tom can solve difficult problems with ease, but he is weak when it comes to simple arithmetic such as the times table.

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