Zi:九

九 [jiǔ] nine; (HDZ:) (​数​词) ​八​加​一​的​和; ​多​数; (​周​易) ​阳​爻 (⚊⚎) … [jiū] ​鳩/​勼: ​聚​集

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹jiǔ ​九 {A} num. nine; 9 ◆b.f. many; numerous ►sānwānjiǔzhuàn 三弯九转

The Shuōwén Seal form of 九 jiǔ ‘nine’ is said to depict the ​老​阳 lǎoyáng ‘old male line’ (⚎) which bends and snaps/breaks from exhaustion; in the Book of Changes (​易), the ​阳 yáng ‘male line’ (⚊) represents of the beginning, the number ​一 yī ‘one’, and its changing/bending/breaking in 九 jiǔ ‘nine’ represents the end, the last single digit.
    Compare: ​究 jiū ‘make a thorough study’; ​轨/​軌 guǐ ‘wheel ruts’; ​馗(​𩠒​逵) kuí ‘thoroughfare’.
    Note: ​六 liù ‘six’ (⚍ unstable yīn), ​七(​𠀁) qī ‘seven’ (⚌ stable yáng), ​八 bā ‘eight’ (⚏ stable yīn), 九 jiǔ ‘nine’ (⚎ unstable yáng).
    Compare: ​震 zhèn (䷲); ​䢅(​晨​曟), ​辰(​𨑃) chén; ​農(​䢉​𨑋​𦦥​辳) nóng.
    Compare: ​举/​舉(​擧) jǔ ‘raise up’, ​𦥸(​𢌱), ​舁(​𦥠), ​𦥑 jú/jǔ.
    Compare: ​禸(​𠘯​𠫗​厹​蹂) róu ‘animal tracks/trail; hind quarters’ (cf. ​万).
    HDZ: 九 : jiǔ : (​数​词) ​八​加​一​的​和; ​多​数; (​周​易) ​阳​爻 (⚊), (⚎ ​老​阳 , cf. ​六); (​时​令​名) ​从​冬​至​起​每九​天​为​一九 (​今​日​进九, ​数九​寒​天, 九​尽​寒​尽); ​久: ​老; (​古​国​名) • jiū : ​鳩/​勼: ​聚​集
►references: Guǎngyùn:322.18; Henshall:9; Karlgren:AD399,GSR992a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.48.5; Lindqvist:337; Mathews:1198; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:83.19; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:001.1.04; EDOC:1
►Cantonese: gau/
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