きゅう

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きゅう U+4E5D, 九
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E5D

[U+4E5C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E5E]
U+3228, ㈨
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH NINE

[U+3227]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3229]
U+3288, ㊈
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH NINE

[U+3287]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3289]

Translingual

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Stroke order
2 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

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きゅう (Kangxi radical 5, おつ+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 大弓だいきゅう (KN), four-corner 40017, composition )

Derived characters

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Descendants

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 167
  • Dae Jaweon: page 168, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 48, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+4E5D

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
きゅう
alternative forms financial
𠔀
𢌬
𣲄
Wikipedia has articles on:
The number nine in Chinese number gestures

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character きゅう
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形しょうけい) – a stylized hand, with bent wrist/forearm (hence the hook stroke at lower right). Earlier forms resemble (shǒu), すん (cùn). The original meaning of the glyph was “elbow”, which is now written ひじ (OC *tkuʔ).

After the meaning “elbow” was forgotten, きゅう was taken to symbolize a fist tightening to bump up against something; thus, there is a metaphorical bumping up of nine against ten, which is the last number when counting on one's fingers.

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Compare Tibetan དགུ (dgu).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • gāu - vernacular;
  • giū - literary.
Note:
  • gao3 - vernacular;
  • giu3 - literary.
Note:
  • káu - vernacular;
  • kiú - literary.
Note:
  • gao2 - vernacular;
  • giu2 - literary.

Rime
Character きゅう
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) (28)
Final (いん) ゆう (136)
Tone (調しらべ) Rising (X)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) III
Fanqie ゆうきり
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character きゅう
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]uʔ/
English nine

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character きゅう
Reading # 1/1
No. 6941
Phonetic
component
きゅう
Rime
group
かそけ
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
ひさ
Old
Chinese
/*kuʔ/

Definitions

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きゅう

  1. nine
  2. (figurative) many
  3. (weather) each of the nine nine-day periods from the winter solstice
    • いちきゅうきゅうさんきゅうよんきゅううえはし [MSC, trad. and simp.]
      From: “The Nine Nine-Day Periods Song”, a folk song
      jiǔ èr jiǔ bù chū shǒu, sān jiǔjiǔ bīng shàng zǒu. [Pinyin]
      In the first and the second nine-day period, one should not take out one's hand; / In the third and the fourth nine-day period, the ice is thick enough to stand.
  4. (Cantonese, minced oath, euphemistic) Synonym of (gau1, penis)
See also
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  • (gōu) (in radio communications)
Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
Normal
(しょううつししょううつし)
, れい, そら いち, しょく , りょう さん よん ろく なな はち きゅう じゅう ひゃく せん まんまん,
じゅうせん (Malaysia, Singapore)
ひゃくまんひゃくまん,
おけ(Philippines),
めんおけ (Philippines)
おく亿 ちょう (Taiwan)
まんおくまん亿 (Mainland China)
Financial
(だいうつしだいうつし)
れい いち まいり りく ひろえ

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (きゅう):

Others:

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of きゅう – see ばと (“to gather; to assemble”).
(This character is an obsolete form of ばと).

Japanese

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Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : きゅう

Kanji

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きゅう

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. nine

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
きゅう
きゅう
Grade: 1
kan'on

From Middle Chinese きゅう (MC kjuwX). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Borrowed after palatalization occurred in Middle Chinese. Compare modern Hakka きゅう (giu3).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) きゅ [kyúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲɨː]
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

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きゅう(きゅう) (kyūきう (kiu)?

  1. nine

Noun

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きゅう(きゅう) (kyūきう (kiu)?

  1. nine
  2. きわむ: an indeterminate large number, a myriad, a great many
  3. (divination) the number of yang, in opposition to ろく (roku, six) as the number of yin

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
きゅう

Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling

From Early Middle Chinese きゅう (MC kjuwX). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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きゅう() (ku

  1. nine
  2. ninth
Usage notes
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  • Sometimes considered unlucky due to being homophonous with (ku, suffering).

Noun

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きゅう() (ku

  1. nine
  2. the ninth

Coordinate terms

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Japanese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Regular れい(れい) (rei)
れい(ゼロ) (zero)
いち(いち) (ichi) () (ni) さん(さん) (san) よん(よん) (yon)
よん() (shi)
() (go) ろく(ろく) (roku) なな(なな) (nana)
なな(しち) (shichi)
はち(はち) (hachi) きゅう(きゅう) (kyū)
きゅう() (ku)
じゅう(じゅう) ()
Formal いち(いち) (ichi) () (ni) まいり(さん) (san) ひろえ(じゅう) ()
90 100 300 600 800 1,000 3,000 8,000 10,000 100,000,000
Regular きゅう(きゅう)じゅう(じゅう) (kyūjū) ひゃく(ひゃく) (hyaku)
いち(いっ)ひゃく(ぴゃく) (ippyaku)
さん(さん)ひゃく(びゃく) (sanbyaku) ろく(ろっ)ひゃく(ぴゃく) (roppyaku) はち(はっ)ひゃく(ぴゃく) (happyaku) せん(せん) (sen)
いち(いっ)せん(せん) (issen)
さん(さん)せん(ぜん) (sanzen) はち(はっ)せん(せん) (hassen) いち(いち)まん(まん) (ichiman) いち(いち)おく(おく) (ichioku)
Formal いち(いち)まん(まん) (ichiman)
1012 8×1012 1013 1016 6×1016 8×1016 1017 1018
いち(いっ)ちょう(ちょう) (itchō) はち(はっ)ちょう(ちょう) (hatchō) じゅう(じゅっ)ちょう(ちょう) (jutchō) いち(いっ)きょう(けい) (ikkei) ろく(ろっ)きょう(けい) (rokkei) はち(はっ)きょう(けい) (hakkei) じゅう(じゅっ)きょう(けい) (jukkei) ひゃく(ひゃっ)きょう(けい) (hyakkei)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
きゅう
ここの
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese from Proto-Japonic *kəkənə.

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[2]

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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きゅう(ここの) (kokono

  1. nine

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
きゅう
この
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

/kokono//kono/

Abbreviation of Old Japanese きゅう (kokono, nine).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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きゅう(この) (kono

  1. nine
    ひい、ふう、みい、…なな、やあ、この、とお
    hī, fū, mī,…nana, yā, kono, tō
    one, two, three, ... seven, eight, nine, ten
Usage notes
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  • Generally only used when counting out loud, as in the example above. In writing, usually found spelled out in hiragana as この to make the reading unambiguous.

References

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Further reading

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Korean

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Etymology 1

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Korean numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Native isol.: 아홉 (ahop)
    Native attr.: 아홉 (ahop)
    Sino-Korean: (gu)
    Hanja: きゅう
    Ordinal: 아홉째 (ahopjjae)

From Middle Chinese きゅう (MC kjuwX).

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

きゅう (eumhun 아홉 (ahop gu))

  1. hanja form? of (nine)

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Related to Middle Chinese (MC kjiwX).

Hanja

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きゅう (eumhun 모을 (mo'eul gyu))

  1. (archaic) hanja form? of (to gather; to collect)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際こくさい退すさけい學會がっかい 大邱たいきゅうけいきた支部しぶ) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子でんし字典じてん. [3]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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きゅう: Hán Việt readings: cửu[1][2]
きゅう: Nôm readings: cửu[1][3][4]

  1. Chữ Hán form of cửu (nine).

Derived terms

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References

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Zhuang

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Noun

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きゅう

  1. Sawndip form of gyaeuj (head; headhair)