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Ninth Month
九月 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for the month of September.
Originally this was for the ninth month of the lunar calendar, now used for the western (Gregorian) calendar.
This can also be the Japanese female given name Kugetsu.
The number nine
九 is the number nine in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
九 is a strange selection for a wall scroll, so it's here mostly for reference. I guess it's OK if the number nine is important to you.
Because this character is rather simple (just two strokes), there is an anti-fraud way to write nine on bank documents. This version is shown to the right.
一言九鼎 is an ancient Chinese proverb used in modern times to talk of profound or powerful words.
The literal meaning is “one word [worth] nine [sacred] tripods.” The tripod is a highly-prized three-legged (sometimes four-legged) metal pot or kettle of ancient China. They are often made of bronze, and the Emperor would have large ones gilded in gold. See the image to the right for an example.
面壁九年 is a Buddhist term that means “facing a wall for nine years.”
This refers to the Bodhidharma who stared at a wall in meditation at the Shaolin Temple (or in a cave) for nine years until reaching full enlightenment.
行百里者半九十 is an old Chinese proverb that speaks to the act of giving up. This phrase suggests that no matter how close you are to finishing your task or journey, giving up just before you finish is just as bad as giving up halfway.
50% finished or 90% finished, the result is the same: “You are not finished.”
You can take what you want from this proverb, but I think it suggests that you should finish what you start, and especially finish that last 10% of your journey or project so that you can honestly say “it's finished.”
Some notes: The character, 里, that I am translating as “mile” is an ancient “Chinese mile” which is actually about half a kilometer - it just doesn't sound right to say “When walking 100 half-kilometers...”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 九 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
九月 see styles |
jiǔ yuè jiu3 yue4 chiu yüeh kugetsu くげつ |
More info & calligraphy: September(adverbial noun) September; (female given name) Kugetsu |
一言九鼎 see styles |
yī yán jiǔ dǐng yi1 yan2 jiu3 ding3 i yen chiu ting |
More info & calligraphy: Words Have Enormous Weight: One Word Worth Nine Caldrons |
面壁九年 see styles |
miàn bì jiǔ nián mian4 bi4 jiu3 nian2 mien pi chiu nien menpekikunen めんぺきくねん |
More info & calligraphy: Facing the Wall Nine Yearsnine years facing the wall |
行百里者半九十 see styles |
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí xing2 bai3 li3 zhe3 ban4 jiu3 shi2 hsing pai li che pan chiu shih |
More info & calligraphy: Walking 100 Miles: Stopping at 90 miles, is the same as stopping half-way |
九 see styles |
jiǔ jiu3 chiu chuu / chu チュー |
nine; 9 (numeric) (クー, キュー or チュー in mahjong) nine (chi: jiǔ); (surname) Maru Navan; nava. Nine. |
一九 see styles |
yī jiǔ yi1 jiu3 i chiu motochika もとちか |
(given name) Motochika A Shingon term for Amitābha. |
三九 see styles |
miku みく |
(personal name) Miku |
下九 see styles |
shimogyuu / shimogyu しもぎゅう |
(place-name) Shimogyū |
九々 see styles |
kuku くく |
multiplication table; times table; (surname) Kuku |
九つ see styles |
kokonotsu ここのつ |
(numeric) nine |
九一 see styles |
kuppin; kuppin くっぴん; クッピン |
{cards} (See おいちょかぶ) scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu; (given name) Kuichi |
九万 see styles |
tadakatsu ただかつ |
(given name) Tadakatsu |
九三 see styles |
kuzou / kuzo くぞう |
(given name) Kuzou |
九世 see styles |
jiǔ shì jiu3 shi4 chiu shih guse |
In past, present, and future worlds, each has its own past, present, and future, hence nine worlds or ages. |
九両 see styles |
kuryou / kuryo くりょう |
(place-name) Kuryō |
九乗 see styles |
kunori くのり |
(surname) Kunori |
九九 see styles |
tsukumo つくも |
multiplication table; times table; (surname) Tsukumo |
九亀 see styles |
kuki くき |
(personal name) Kuki |
九二 see styles |
hisatsugu ひさつぐ |
(given name) Hisatsugu |
九五 see styles |
kyuugo / kyugo きゅうご |
(given name) Kyūgo |
九井 see styles |
kokonoi ここのい |
(surname) Kokonoi |
九人 see styles |
jiǔ rén jiu3 ren2 chiu jen |
v. 九孔. |
九介 see styles |
kyuusuke / kyusuke きゅうすけ |
(male given name) Kyūsuke |
九仙 see styles |
kyuusen / kyusen きゅうせん |
(kana only) multicolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus, was Halichoeres poecilopterus); (given name) Kyūsen |
九仞 see styles |
kyuujin / kyujin きゅうじん |
(See 九仞の功を一簣に虧く) great height |
九代 see styles |
kudai くだい |
(surname) Kudai |
九份 see styles |
jiǔ fèn jiu3 fen4 chiu fen |
Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies |
九住 see styles |
kusumi くすみ |
(surname) Kusumi |
九佐 see styles |
kusa くさ |
(surname) Kusa |
九作 see styles |
kyuusaku / kyusaku きゅうさく |
(given name) Kyūsaku |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
September | 九月 | kugatsu | jiǔ yuè / jiu3 yue4 / jiu yue / jiuyue | chiu yüeh / chiuyüeh |
Nine | 九 / 玖 | kyuu / kyu | jiǔ / jiu3 / jiu | chiu |
Words Have Enormous Weight: One Word Worth Nine Caldrons | 一言九鼎 | yī yán jiǔ dǐng yi1 yan2 jiu3 ding3 yi yan jiu ding yiyanjiuding | i yen chiu ting iyenchiuting |
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Facing the Wall Nine Years | 面壁九年 | menpeki kyunen menpekikyunen | miàn bì jiǔ nián mian4 bi4 jiu3 nian2 mian bi jiu nian mianbijiunian | mien pi chiu nien mienpichiunien |
Walking 100 Miles: Stopping at 90 miles, is the same as stopping half-way | 行百里者半九十 | xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí xing2 bai3 li3 zhe3 ban4 jiu3 shi2 xing bai li zhe ban jiu shi xingbailizhebanjiushi | hsing pai li che pan chiu shih hsingpailichepanchiushih |
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