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Stroke order
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Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology

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.

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

  1. nine

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

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(Yale gau2)


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[edit] Etymology

A depiction of a bent elbow, an archaic representation of the number nine.

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Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10   > 
    Cardinal : 九

(きゅう, kyū)

  1. nine

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(hiragana きゅう, romaji kyū)

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

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(hiragana ここの, romaji kokono)

  1. nine

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(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

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(traditional, POJ kiú/káu/kiáu)


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(cửu)


[edit] Wu

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Latin Alphabet: juˇ

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄐ一ㄡˇ

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