玖 (jiǔ) · nine (banking form of 九), black jade-like stone

Meanings

1 nine (banking form of 九)
2 black jade-like stone

Characters

玖

jiǔ

nine (banking form)

Examples

HSK 6

她腰带上佩着一块玖石。

Tā yāodài shàng pèi zhe yī kuài jiǔ shí.

She wore a piece of dark jade-like stone on her belt.

HSK 7-9

支票上的金额写作玖佰元。

Zhīpiào shàng de jīn'é xiě zuò jiǔ bǎi yuán.

The amount on the cheque was written as 玖佰元.

Tips

usage

玖 is the anti-fraud banking form of 九 (nine), used on cheques and contracts so the figure cannot be altered. The original meaning was a dark jade-like stone.

Components

radical

王 wáng

jade (jade radical)

The left part is the jade radical (a compressed 玉), pointing to the original sense of 玖, a jade-like stone.

phonetic

久 jiǔ

long (time)

Supplies the sound jiǔ exactly, matching both the stone meaning and the borrowed numeral nine. Seen standing alone as 久.

Stroke Order

玖 jiǔ

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