玖 meaning and stroke order
Black jade; nine (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
How to write 玖, stroke by stroke
7 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 玖
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- black jade
- nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
How 玖 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Jade.
王 gives the meaning and 久 hints at the sound.
Radical: 王 (king), shared by 104 characters on this site.
How to remember 玖
The left side 王 is the jade radical, and the right side 久 (jiǔ, long time) gives the sound. Picture a dark jade stone that lasts a long time, and remember it is read like 九 (jiǔ, nine).
Today 玖 is mostly used as the formal, hard-to-alter way to write nine on checks, receipts, and contracts, alongside 壹, 贰, 叁 and the others. Example: 玖佰元 (jiǔ bǎi yuán) means nine hundred yuan. It also shows up in names and brand names.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 玖 in casual text where plain 九 is expected. Use 玖 only for amounts on financial documents or in names. Also do not confuse the right side 久 with 夂 or 人; it has a hooked stroke and a long sweeping stroke.
Questions about 玖
How many strokes are in 玖?
玖 is written with 7 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 玖 mean?
玖 (jiǔ) means black jade; nine (bankers' anti-fraud numeral).
How do you pronounce 玖?
玖 is pronounced jiǔ, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 玖?
The radical of 玖 is 王, which carries the idea of "king". Dictionaries list 玖 under this radical.
Why does Chinese have a special character for nine on checks?
Simple numerals like 九 are easy to change into other numbers with an extra stroke. Formal numerals such as 玖 are more complex, so they are much harder to forge on money documents.
What are the other formal numerals that go with 玖?
The full set from one to ten is 壹 贰 叁 肆 伍 陆 柒 捌 玖 拾. Larger units are written 佰 (hundred) and 仟 (thousand).