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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Pictogram (象形) – a stylized hand, with bent wrist/forearm (hence the hook stroke at lower right). Earlier forms resemble , .

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.

Han character [edit]

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

  1. nine

Related characters [edit]

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Cantonese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Chinese *kwyu?, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t-kua (compare Classical Tibetan dgu)

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping gau2, Yale gau2)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ kíu, Guangdong kiu3; kieu3 [Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim giu3)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. nine

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : 九

From Early Middle Chinese. Goon, the initial reading when first borrowed into Japanese.

Pronunciation [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Number [edit]

(hiragana , romaji ku)

  1. nine
  2. ninth

Noun [edit]

(hiragana , romaji ku)

  1. nine
  2. the ninth

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle Chinese. Kan'on, a later reading. Borrowed after palatalisation occurred in Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation [edit]

Number [edit]

(hiragana きゅう, romaji kyū, historical hiragana きう)

  1. nine

Noun [edit]

(hiragana きゅう, romaji kyū, historical hiragana きう)

  1. nine
  2. an indeterminate large number, a myriad, a great many
  3. (divination) the number of yang, in opposition to  (roku, six) as the number of yin
Alternative forms [edit]
  • (large number):

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation [edit]

Counter [edit]

(hiragana ここの, romaji kokono)

  1. nine

Etymology 4 [edit]

/kokono/ > /kono/

Abbreviation of Old Japanese kokono (“nine”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Number [edit]

(hiragana この, romaji kono)

  1. nine
    ひい、ふう、みい、…なな、やあ、この、とお
    hī, fū, mī, ... nana, yā, kono, tō
    one, two, three, ... seven, eight, nine, ten
Alternative forms [edit]
Usage notes [edit]

Generally only used when counting out loud, as in the example above. In writing, usually found spelled out in hiragana as この to make the reading unambiguous.

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Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: gu, McCune-Reischauer: ku, Yale: kwu)
  • Name (hangeul): 아홉 (revised: ahop, McCune-Reischauer: ahop, Yale: ahop)
  1. nine

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Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

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

Compounds [edit]


Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(traditional, POJ kiú, káu, kiáu)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(cửu)


Wu [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

Latin Alphabet: juˇ

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄐ一ㄡˇ