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九 jiǔ — “nine”
How to write and say the Chinese character 九 (jiǔ), which means nine — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 jiǔ
Meaning · 意思 nine
Strokes · 笔画 2
Radical · 部首 乙 (hook)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
九 is written with 2 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
A little picture: an elbow.
A common word常用词
九月
September
Example sentence例句
九加一是十。
Nine plus one is ten.
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