玖

See also: 九

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+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一土弓人 (MGNO), four-corner 1718₀, composition ⿰𤣩久)

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

Historical forms of the character 玖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (久) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
畂	*ɡʷ·rɯs
久	*kʷlɯʔ
灸	kʷlɯʔ, kʷlɯs
玖	*kʷlɯʔ
疚	*kʷlɯs
柩	*ɡʷlɯs
羑	*ɡʷ·lɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷlɯʔ): semantic 玉 + phonetic 久 (OC *kʷlɯʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔ (jiu³)

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

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
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: kjuwX

Rime
Character	玖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舉有切
Baxter	kjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuw^X/
Li Rong	/kiu^X/
Wang Li	/kĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯u^X/
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
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	久
Old Chinese	/*kʷlɯʔ/

Definitions

玖

black gemstone that is poorer than jade
(financial) alternative form of 九 (“nine”) (used normally in official documents or checks to avoid forgery)

Japanese

Kanji

玖

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

(financial, archaic) nine
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

Sawndip form of gyaeuj (“head; headhair”)

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	10²	10³	10⁴	10⁶	10⁸	10¹²
Normal (小寫 / 小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩 / 两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬 / 万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬 / 百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億 / 亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫 / 大写)	零	壹	貳 / 贰	參 / 叁	肆	伍	陸 / 陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟	萬 / 万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬 / 百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億 / 亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China)

Japanese numbers
Number	Kanji	Kana	Romaji
0	零	れい、ゼロ	rei, zero
1	一、壱、弌、壹	いち	ichi
2	二、弐、貳、貮	に	ni
3	三、参	さん	san
4	四、肆	よん、し	yon, shi
5	五、伍	ご	go
6	六、陸	ろく	roku
7	七、漆	なな、しち	nana, shichi
8	八、捌	はち	hachi
9	九、玖	きゅう、く	kyū, ku
10	十、拾	じゅう	jū
100	百、陌、佰	ひゃく	hyaku
1,000	千、阡、仟	せん	sen
10,000	一万、万、一萬、萬	いちまん、まん	ichiman, man
100,000,000	一億、億	いちおく、おく	ichioku, oku