漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
玖: beautiful black jewel, nine
JLPT N17 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
王 carries the meaning · 久 is drawn in
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 玖きゅうnine; 9
Also read ク, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A treasure for royalty! While it looks like a "king," the true soul of this radical is "jade."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
久
Also built on long time (久)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side玖 beautiful black jewel · 久
vs弄 play with · 廾In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiǔ
Same form: 玖 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 玖 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 玖 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiǔ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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