9

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9U+0039,9
DIGIT NINE
8
[U+0038]
Basic Latin :
[U+003A]

Translingual

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Glyph origin

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A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari). See9 § Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digitfor more.

Symbol

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9(prev8,next10)

  1. The cardinal numbernine.
  2. Adigitin thedecimalsystem of numbering, and alsohexadecimal.
  3. (phonetics,Sinosphere,often superscript)tone number 9, in some cases when the language does not have the usual 4 to 8 categories.
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Alternative forms

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The following are equivalent forms as digits:

The following are only equivalent as representations of the cardinal number:

See also

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Other representations of 9:

English

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Noun

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9(plural9s)

  1. (sports,snowboarding,skiing)Clipping of900.(900° spin)

Chinese

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Etymology

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Cửu(gau2,nine)andCưuCưu(gau1)are near homophones in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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9

  1. (Cantonese,slang,vulgar,euphemistic,leetspeak)Alternative form ofCưuCưu
  2. (Cantonese,slang,leetspeak,derogatoryorself-deprecatory)Alternative form ofCẩu(gau2,unpleasant person)
    DC9[Cantonese]di1si1gau2[Jyutping]― taxi driver
    IT9[Cantonese]aai1ti1gau2[Jyutping]― IT worker

Infix

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9

  1. (Cantonese,slang,vulgar,euphemistic,leetspeak)Alternative form ofCưuCưu

Derived terms

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