九重

Chinese

		nine	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
simp. and trad. (九重)		九	重
anagram		重九

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒuchóng
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-chʻung²
    • Yale: jyǒu-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouchorng
    • Palladius: цзючун (czjučun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 九重

1. (archaic, Chinese mythology) the ninth and highest layer of heaven
2. (archaic) a cloistered life of seclusion within the palace walls

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
九	重
ここの Grade: 1	え Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Noun

九(ここの)重(え) • (kokonoe) 

1. nonuple, ninefold

See also

• 一重(ひとえ) (hitoe, “single”)
• 二重(ふたえ) (futae, “double”)
• 三重(みえ) (mie, “triple”)
• 四重(よえ) (yoe, “quadruple”)
• 五重(いつえ) (itsue, “quintuple”)
• 六重(むえ) (mue, “sextuple”)
• 七重(ななえ) (nanae, “septuple”)
• 八重(やえ) (yae, “octuple”)
• 九重(ここのえ) (kokonoe, “nonuple”)
• 十重(とえ) (toe, “decuple”)
• 二十重(はたえ) (hatae, “vigintuple”)