Read Edit View history 九 jiǔ HSK1 nine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts an elbow. Based on the original meaning "elbow", now written as 肘. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 九 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 402, 808 ], [ 428, 792 ], [ 451, 765 ], [ 424, 515 ], [ 412, 464 ], [ 374, 360 ], [ 330, 274 ], [ 266, 191 ], [ 170, 103 ], [ 78, 49 ] ], [ [ 153, 472 ], [ 190, 458 ], [ 227, 459 ], [ 587, 561 ], [ 638, 560 ], [ 646, 551 ], [ 639, 520 ], [ 618, 464 ], [ 589, 349 ], [ 576, 202 ], [ 589, 136 ], [ 603, 107 ], [ 642, 70 ], [ 679, 55 ], [ 736, 43 ], [ 801, 43 ], [ 872, 55 ], [ 917, 78 ], [ 932, 98 ], [ 946, 267 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 388 486 Q 319 225 74 56 Q 59 44 74 41 Q 92 42 133 60 Q 217 103 278 166 Q 348 230 380 303 Q 438 441 451 505 L 456 539 Q 456 593 481 702 Q 487 733 500 762 Q 510 784 490 795 Q 430 835 398 823 Q 382 817 390 799 Q 411 762 412 689 Q 402 550 396 523 L 388 486 Z", "M 451 505 Q 520 527 570 535 Q 592 539 598 534 Q 602 527 598 511 Q 490 112 639 36 Q 676 18 741 10 Q 877 -3 968 54 Q 989 66 980 90 Q 961 156 954 255 Q 953 274 946 273 Q 940 273 935 254 Q 925 212 913 164 Q 903 127 879 104 Q 860 86 800 80 Q 733 70 679 89 Q 631 104 616 136 Q 594 173 602 259 Q 612 350 654 464 Q 673 512 702 538 Q 718 551 717 564 Q 716 576 646 607 Q 631 617 613 602 Q 568 572 456 539 L 396 523 Q 335 510 278 493 Q 232 483 156 482 Q 141 483 144 467 Q 147 455 174 439 Q 205 421 243 437 Q 321 465 388 486 L 451 505 Z" ] } 2 strokes 九 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 393, 814 ], [ 454, 752 ], [ 423, 514 ], [ 378, 362 ], [ 256, 181 ], [ 73, 49 ] ], [ [ 148, 474 ], [ 228, 460 ], [ 611, 570 ], [ 640, 559 ], [ 663, 541 ], [ 592, 363 ], [ 577, 194 ], [ 614, 94 ], [ 690, 52 ], [ 842, 49 ], [ 933, 90 ], [ 944, 266 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M388,486C349,310 236,170 74,56C63,49 61,42 74,41C84,41 106,47 133,60C189,88 237,125 278,166C383,273 427,376 450,505C454,528 454,528 456,539C462,575 464,630 481,702C485,723 491,743 500,762C506,777 501,788 490,795C448,822 419,831 398,823C387,819 382,812 390,799C402,775 412,722 412,689C411,661 406,572 396,523C391,498 391,498 388,486Z", "M450,505C495,520 536,529 570,535C594,540 603,533 598,511C527,245 536,85 639,36C694,11 745,7 802,8C866,10 921,26 968,54C981,63 985,75 980,90C966,135 958,190 954,255C953,269 950,274 946,273C942,273 938,267 935,254C928,226 921,196 913,164C906,140 895,120 879,104C866,92 839,85 800,80C755,75 714,78 679,89C599,116 596,201 602,259C608,320 625,389 654,464C666,497 682,521 702,538C712,547 717,557 717,564C716,573 690,585 646,607C633,613 625,612 613,602C583,581 531,560 456,539C416,528 416,528 396,523C369,516 240,481 156,482C145,483 141,480 144,467C145,461 154,451 174,439C193,428 217,428 243,437C294,457 343,473 388,486C429,499 429,499 450,505Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.