九(jiǔ)

HSK 12 strokes

nine

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Character information

Pinyin
jiǔ
Meaning
nine; 9
Strokes
2
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 九 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿻丿乙

An elbow

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

丿piě乙yǐ

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 九 step by step

2 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 九

Common words using 九 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiǔ九fèn份

Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former g…

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jiǔ九jià价

(medicine) 9-valent HPV vaccine; Gardasil 9 (abbr. for 九價HPV疫苗|九价HPV疫苗[jiu3…

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jiǔ九shí十

ninety

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yī一yán言jiǔ九dǐng鼎

one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

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sān三jiào教jiǔ九liú流

the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoi…

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sān三xún旬jiǔ九shí食

lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)

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sān三zhēn贞jiǔ九liè烈

(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory

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sān三guì跪jiǔ九kòu叩

to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)

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