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I am new to this site so my apologizes if this question is a bit ridiculous.

However, I was informed that the kanji for 9 ( **九** ) is pronounced
differently than the hiragana ( **きゅう** ) based on use.

The kanji is pronounced 'tuu' and the hiragana as 'kyuu'

What is the difference between the two and when do you use either or?
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When to use 九 vs きゅう?
This is not 100% wrong, but is close to wrong.

九 has in fact three pronunciations: く, きゅう and ここの.

ここの is the 訓読み, and is used in very few situations. Outside of intentionally
archaic speech, I can only think of two uses off the top of my head: [九]{ここの}つ
'nine things' (the generic counter) and [九]{ここの}[日]{か} 'the 9th (day)'.

く and きゅう are used with all other counters, on a counter-by-counter basis (if
there's a pattern, let me know, I'll edit). A good example is with months -
'September' (the ninth month) is [九]{く}[月]{がつ}, while 'nine months' (a time
period) is [九]{きゅう}[ヶ]{か}[月]{げつ}.

When simply counting in sequence (1! 2! 3!), it's mostly read as きゅう.

So it can be under certain circumstances pronounced 'differently from く or
きゅう', much of the time it is pronounced as one of the two. It is never, ever
つう.
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