玖

See also: 九

Translingual

Han character

玖 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一土弓人 (MGNO), four-corner 1718₀, composition ⿰𤣩久)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 727, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20846
• Dae Jaweon: page 1139, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1102, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7396

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		玖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (久) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
畂	*ɡʷ·rɯs
久	*kʷlɯʔ
灸	*kʷlɯʔ, *kʷlɯs
玖	*kʷlɯʔ
疚	*kʷlɯs
柩	*ɡʷlɯs
羑	*ɡʷ·lɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷlɯʔ) : semantic 玉 + phonetic 久 (OC *kʷlɯʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔ (jiu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiú / káu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³
    • Yale: jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau²
    • Yale: gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiú / káu
    • Tâi-lô: kiú / káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuo, kao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁵³/, /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁵⁵⁴/, /kau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu⁵³/, /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁵³/, /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴¹/, /kau⁴¹/

Note:

• kiú - literary;
• káu - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwX

Rime
Character	玖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舉有切
Baxter	kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwX/
Li Rong	/kiuX/
Wang Li	/kĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷlɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玖
Reading #	1/1
No.	6971
Phonetic component	久
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	久
Old Chinese	/*kʷlɯʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 玖

1. black gemstone that is poorer than jade
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 九 (“nine”) (used normally in official documents or checks to avoid forgery)

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小寫／小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩／两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬／万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬／百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億／亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫／大写)	零	壹	貳／贰	參／叁	肆	伍	陸／陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟

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Japanese

Kanji

玖

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. nine
2. black jewel

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: き (ki); たま (tama); ひさ (hisa)

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Korean

Hanja

玖 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 玖 (cửu)

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