玖

See also: 九きゅう

玖 U+7396, 玖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7396 ← 玕 [U+7395] CJK Unified Ideographs 玗 → [U+7397]

Translingual

Han character

玖 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉たま+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一いち土ど弓ゆみ人じん (MGNO), four-corner 1718₀, composition ⿰𤣩久ひさ)

Derived characters

• 𩷡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 727, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20846
• Dae Jaweon: page 1139, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1102, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7396

Chinese

simp. and trad.		玖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (久ひさ) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
畂	*ɡʷ·rɯs
久ひさ	*kʷlɯʔ
灸やいと	*kʷlɯʔ, *kʷlɯs
玖	*kʷlɯʔ
疚やまし	*kʷlɯs
柩ひつぎ	*ɡʷlɯs
羑	*ɡʷ·lɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *kʷlɯʔ) : semantic 玉たま + phonetic 久ひさ (OC *kʷlɯʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔ (jiu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiú / káu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³
    • Yale: jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau²
    • Yale: gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiú / káu
    • Tâi-lô: kiú / káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuo, kao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁵³/, /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁵⁵⁴/, /kau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu⁵³/, /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁵³/, /kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴¹/, /kau⁴¹/

Note:

• kiú - literary;
• káu - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cieu
    • MiniDict: cieu^去さ
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwX

Rime
Character	玖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	見み (28)
Final (韻いん)	尤ゆう (136)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	舉有ゆう切きり
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷlɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玖
Reading #	1/1
No.	6971
Phonetic component	久ひさ
Rime group	之これ
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	久ひさ
Old Chinese	/*kʷlɯʔ/

Definitions

玖

1. black gemstone that is poorer than jade
2. (financial) Alternative form of 九きゅう (“nine”) (used normally in official documents or checks to avoid forgery)

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小しょう寫うつし／小しょう写うつし)	〇, 零れい, 空そら	一いち, 蜀しょく	二に, 兩りょう／两	三さん	四よん	五ご	六ろく	七なな	八はち	九きゅう	十じゅう	百ひゃく	千せん	萬まん／万まん, 十じゅう千せん (Malaysia, Singapore)	百ひゃく萬まん／百ひゃく万まん, 桶おけ(Philippines), 面めん桶おけ (Philippines)	億おく／亿	兆ちょう (Taiwan) 萬まん億おく／万まん亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大だい寫うつし／大だい写うつし)	零れい	壹いち	貳に／贰	參まいり／叁	肆	伍ご	陸りく／陆	柒	捌	玖	拾ひろえ	佰	仟

Japanese

Kanji

玖

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. (financial, archaic) nine
2. black jewel

Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: き (ki)、たま (tama)、ひさ (hisa)

Korean

Hanja

玖 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

玖: Hán Nôm readings: cửu

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Zhuang

Noun

玖

1. Sawndip form of gyaeuj (“head; headhair”)