九 (jiǔ) — nine
Definition
Examples
- 九。Wǒ men jiǔ gè rén qù.Nine of us are going.
- 九。Wǒ yǒu jiǔ zhī māo.I have nine cats.
- 。Tā jiǔ diǎn qù xué xiào.He goes to school at nine o'clock.
Origin
Pictograph六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíngA drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.
The shape comes from a stylized hand bent at the wrist, with the lower-right hook showing the bend. Later, it was taken to show a tightened fist bumping up to ten, giving the number nine.
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