IX

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ix"

Ⅸ U+2168, Ⅸ ROMAN NUMERAL NINE ← Ⅷ [U+2167] Number Forms Ⅹ → [U+2169]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• ix
• VIIII, viiii, VIIIJ, viiij, VIV, viv (nonstandard)
• IX. (ordinal number)

Etymology

Written in subtractive notation, indicating that I (“1”) is subtracted from X (“10”); 1 minus 10 is 9. Compare IV, XL and XC.

Number

IX

1. Roman numeral nine (9)
   • 2024 November 14, Lauren del Valle, “After suicide of nonbinary teen, DOE finds multiple Title IX violations at Oklahoma school district”, in CNN‎^[1] (in English):

     “As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads.

2. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the ninth.
4. September.

   Comeronyms: I, i, 1; II, ii, 2; III, iii, 3; IV, iv, 4; V, v, 5; VI, vi, 6; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; X, x, 10; XI, xi, 11; XII, xii, 12

See also

• Previous: VIII (8)
• Next: X (10)

Descendants

• ⇒ English: IXth

English

Etymology 1

Noun

IX (plural IXes)

1. (Internet) Initialism of Internet exchange.

Etymology 2

From index finger.

Symbol

IX

1. (sign language linguistics) Used to indicate pointing in sign language glosses.