Save Type Surname Usage Japanese (Rare) Scripts 九(Japanese Kanji) くちのく(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /kɯ̟ᵝ.t͡ɕi.no̞.kɯ̟ᵝ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 九 (see Ichijiku).