Learning Chinese Characters Visually with Drawings

九 jiǔ nine

It is off the number ten (十 shí ten) that a number one falls off to the right in a jerky (乚 yà jerk) movement so that there is only a nine left.

Note: The vertical stroke is written first and the horizontal stroke and the jerk (乚 yà jerk) are considered as one stroke.

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九	jiǔ	nine	nine	_
九点	jiǔdiǎn	nine, dot	nine o'clock	_
九点半	jiǔdiǎn bàn	nine, dot, half	half past nine	_
九点钟	jiǔdiǎn zhōng	nine, dot, o'clock	nine o'clock	_
九个	jiǔgè	nine, measure word	nine	_
九日	jiǔrì	nine, sun	the ninth day	_
九月	jiǔyuè	nine, moon	September	_

New character and 800 most important characters.
九百	jiǔbǎi	nine, hundred	nine hundred	_
九千	jiǔqiān	nine, thousand	nine thousand	_
九十度	jiǔshí dù	nine, ten, degree	90 degree	_