九
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nine; 9
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Dict coverage rank #807 U+4E5D
How 九 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
An elbow
How to remember it
nine · Heisig RSH #9
— as a component also called: baseball, baseball team
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 九 as their sound component
These characters all use 九 (jiǔ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 九 sound component | jiǔ | nine |
| 轨 | guǐ | track, rut, path |
| 仇 | chóu | enemy; hatred, enmity |
| 究 | jiū | to dig into, to investigate; actually, after all |
| 鸠 | jiū | pigeon; to collect, to assemble |
| 旭 | xù | the rising sun; brilliant, radiant |
| 宄 | guǐ | traitor; villain |
| 犰 | qiú | armadillo |
| 艽 | jiāo | large-leaf gentian |
| 馗 | kuí | cheekbone; path, road, intersection |
| 氿 | guǐ | spring |
| 鼽 | qiú | sclogged nose |
Words containing 九
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 九分之一 | jiǔ fēn zhī yī | one ninth |
| 龙生九子 | lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ | lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters; good and bad intermin… |
| 一二九运动 | Yī èr jiǔ Yùn dòng | December 9th Movement (1935), student protest movement calling for resistance to Japanese … |
| 九死一生 | jiǔ sǐ yī shēng | nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life |
| 九一八事变 | Jiǔ Yī bā Shì biàn | the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a… |
| 行百里者半九十 | xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí | lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom); fig. the closer one is to… |
| 三教九流 | sān jiào jiǔ liú | the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists… |
| 三九天 | sān jiǔ tiān | the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the yea… |
| 数九天 | shǔ jiǔ tiān | nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year |
| 九面体 | jiǔ miàn tǐ | enneahedron (solid figure having nine plane faces) |
| 九牛二虎之力 | jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì | tremendous strength (idiom) |
| 九台区 | Jiǔ tái Qū | Jiutai, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4], Jilin |
| 九龙县 | Jiǔ lóng Xiàn | Jiulong, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zh… |
| 九江市 | Jiǔ jiāng Shì | Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3] |
| 下九流 | xià jiǔ liú | the lowest professions |
| 九三学社 | Jiǔ sān Xué shè | Jiusan Society, one of the eight political parties of the CCP |
| 九龙城 | Jiǔ lóng chéng | Kowloon City, Hong Kong |
| 九原区 | Jiǔ yuán Qū | Jiuyuan, a district of Baotou City 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 九牛一毛 | jiǔ niú yī máo | (lit.) one hair from nine oxen (idiom); (fig.) a drop in the ocean |
| 九华山 | Jiǔ huá Shān | Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains |