九

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Number 3.2 Noun 3.3 Etymology 3.3.1 Noun 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 7 Wu 7.1 Pronunciation

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

九 is meant to symbolize a fist tightening to bump up against something; thus, there is a metaphorical bumping up of nine against ten, which is the the last number when counting on one's fingers.

[edit] Han character

九 (radical 5 乙+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 大弓 (KN), four-corner 4001₇)

1. nine

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 83, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 167
• Dae Jaweon: page 168, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 48, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E5D

• Chinese Numeral 九
  • Last: 八
  • Next: 十

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Chinese *k^wyu^? < Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t-kua (compare Classical Tibetan dgu)

[edit] Hanzi

九 (Yale gau2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Number

九 (きゅう, kyū)

1. nine

[edit] Noun

九 (hiragana きゅう, romaji kyū)

1. nine
2. quite many things (lead to 究)

[edit] Etymology

/ko2ko2no2/: [kəkənə] > [kokono].

[edit] Noun

九 (hiragana ここの, romaji kokono)

1. nine

[edit] Kanji

九 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū), く (ku)
• Kun: ここの (kokono), ここのつ (九つ, kokonotsu)
• Nanori: いちじく (ichijiku), いちのく (ichinoku), この (kono), ひさし (hisashi)

[edit] Compounds

• 九夏 (kyuuka):
• 九回戦 (kyuukaisen):
• 九官鳥 (kyuukanchou):
• 九牛一毛 (kyuugyuuichimou):
• 九九, 九々 (kuku): Multiplication table
• 九月 (kugatsu): September
• 九死 (kyuuji):
• 九州 (kyuushuu): Kyushu region of Japan
• 九重 (kokonoe):
• 九寸五分 (kusungobu):
• 九星 (kyuusei):
• 九折 (kyuusetsu):
• 九泉 (kyuusen):
• 九地 (kyuuchi):
• 九天 (kyuuten):
• 九拝 (kyuuhai):
• 九分 (kubu):
• 九輪 (kurin):
• 九六 (kunroku):

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

九
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 구 (revised: gu, McCune-Reischauer: ku, Yale: kwu)

• Name (hangeul): 아홉 (revised: ahop, McCune-Reischauer: ahop, Yale: ahop)

1. nine

[edit] Compounds

• 正九品
• 從九品
• 重九
• 九重
• 九月
• 九輪
• 九冬
• 九九
• 九泉
• 九官鳥
• 九天
• 九界
• 九經
• 九族

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

九 (pinyin jiǔ (jiu3), xiǎng (xiang3), xiàng (xiang4), Wade-Giles chiu³, hsiang³, hsiang⁴)

[edit] Compounds

九一八事变 (九一八事變)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

九 (cửu)

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA:

Latin Alphabet: juˇ

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄐ一ㄡˇ