玖 (jiǔ): nine (formal/banking form of 九)

Meanings

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

Characters

玖

jiǔ

nine (banking form)

Examples

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.

她腰带上佩着一块玖石。

Tā yāodài shàng pèi zhe yí kuài jiǔ shí.

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

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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