9

See also: ꝯ, 9., and ⑨

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

Character variations

⁹ U+2079, ⁹ SUPERSCRIPT NINE ← ⁸ [U+2078] Superscripts and Subscripts ⁺ → [U+207A]

₉ U+2089, ₉ SUBSCRIPT NINE ← ₈ [U+2088] Superscripts and Subscripts ₊ → [U+208A]

９ U+FF19, ９ FULLWIDTH DIGIT NINE ← ８ [U+FF18] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ： → [U+FF1A]

𝟗 U+1D7D7, 𝟗 MATHEMATICAL BOLD DIGIT NINE ← 𝟖 [U+1D7D6] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟘 → [U+1D7D8]

𝟡 U+1D7E1, 𝟡 MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK DIGIT NINE ← 𝟠 [U+1D7E0] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟢 → [U+1D7E2]

𝟫 U+1D7EB, 𝟫 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF DIGIT NINE ← 𝟪 [U+1D7EA] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟬 → [U+1D7EC]

𝟵 U+1D7F5, 𝟵 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD DIGIT NINE ← 𝟴 [U+1D7F4] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟶 → [U+1D7F6]

𝟿 U+1D7FF, 𝟿 MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE DIGIT NINE ← 𝟾 [U+1D7FE] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝠀 → [U+1D800]

⑨ U+2468, ⑨ CIRCLED DIGIT NINE ← ⑧ [U+2467] Enclosed Alphanumerics ⑩ → [U+2469]

🯹 U+1FBF9, 🯹 SEGMENTED DIGIT NINE [unassigned: U+1FBFA–U+1FFFF] ← 🯸 [U+1FBF8] Symbols for Legacy Computing 𠀀 → [U+20000]

Translingual

Glyph origin

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ९). See 9 § Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit for more.

Symbol

9 (prev 8, next 10)

1. The cardinal number nine.
2. A digit in the decimal system of numbering, and also hexadecimal.
3. (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 9, in some cases when the language does not have the usual 4 to 8 categories.

Alternative forms

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

• Arabic (Eastern) numerals: ٩‎
• Arabic (Western) numerals: 9
• Assamese numerals: ৯
• Balinese numerals: ᭙
• Bengali numerals: ৯
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁯
• Chakma numerals: 𑄿
• Cham numerals: ꩙
• Devanagari numerals: ९
• Dhives Akuru numerals: 𑥙
• Gujarati numerals: ૯
• Gurmukhi numerals: ੯
• Hanifi Rohingya numerals: 𐴹‎
• Javanese numerals: ꧙
• Kannada numerals: ೯
• Kawi numerals: 𑽙
• Kayah Li numerals: ꤉
• Khmer numerals: ៩
• Khudawadi numerals: 𑋹
• Lanna numerals: (secular) ᪉, (Tham) ᪙
• Lao numerals: ໙
• Lepcha numerals: ᱉
• Limbu numerals: ᥏
• Malayalam numerals: ൯
• Meitei numerals: ꯹
• Mongolian numerals: ᠙
• Myanmar numerals: ၉
• N'Ko numerals: ߉‎
• Ol Chiki numerals: ᱙
• Odia numerals: ୯
• Osmanya numerals: 𐒩
• Persian numerals: ۹‎
• Saurashtra numerals: ꣙
• Sharada numerals: 𑇙
• Sinhalese numerals: ෯
• Sundanese numerals: ᮹
• Takri numerals: 𑛉
• Tamil numerals: ௯
• Telugu numerals: ౯
• Thai numerals: ๙
• Tibetan numerals: ༩
• Tirhuta numerals: 𑓙
• Warang Citi numerals: 𑣩

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

• Armenian numerals: Թ
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁚
• Chinese numerals: 玖, 九
• CJK tally marks: 𝍶𝍵
• Counting rod numerals: 𝍱
• Egyptian numerals: 𓐂
• Ethiopic numerals: ፱
• Gothic numerals: 𐌸
• Greek numerals: Θ΄, θ΄
• Hebrew numerals: ט‎
• Old Persian numerals: 𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏒𐏑
• Roman numerals: IX, ix
• Sinhalese numerals: 𑇩
• Tally marks: 𝍸𝍷𝍷𝍷𝍷

• American Sign Language:

See also

• (Arabic digits): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Other representations of 9:

Morse code: ––––· Braille: ⠊

Signal flag (ICS and NATO):

Semaphore: After showing "numeric"

English

Noun

9 (plural 9s)

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

Chinese

Etymology

九 (gau², “nine”) and 鳩／鸠 (gau¹) are near homophones in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau¹
    • Yale: gāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

9

1. (Cantonese, slang, vulgar, euphemistic, leetspeak) Alternative form of 鳩／鸠
2. (Cantonese, slang, leetspeak, derogatory or self-deprecatory) Alternative form of 狗 (gau², “unpleasant person”)

   DC9 [Cantonese]  ―  di¹ si¹ gau² [Jyutping]  ―  taxi driver

   IT9 [Cantonese]  ―  aai¹ ti¹ gau² [Jyutping]  ―  IT worker

Infix

9

1. (Cantonese, slang, vulgar, euphemistic, leetspeak) Alternative form of 鳩／鸠

Derived terms

• 898
• jm9
• on9
• sor9ry