九	1218B40   91.70	部居	畫數  2	ㄐㄧㄡˇ [jiu3] .
N	The number nine: 九月 September; 九一八事變 The Mukden Incident of September 18, 1931.
Words	1.九成 [jiu3cheng2], n., (1)  (mus.) nine movements; (2)  ninety percent: 九成新 90% new.  2.九竅 [jiu3qiao4], n., the orifices of the body.  3.九重 [jiu3chong2], n., (1)  the sky (formerly, believed to be of nine strata, 九重天 being the highest); (2)  the palace grounds.  4.九泉 [jiu3qUan2], n., Hades, the underworld.  5.九鼎 [jiu2ding3], n., the nine tripods which, according to legend, were cast by Emperor Yu and handed down from dynasty to dynasty as symbols of imperial authority.  6.九陔 [jiu3gai1], n., see [jiu3tian1]↓.  7.九 [jiu3gao1], n., a marsh, swamp.  8.九歸 [jiu3gui1], n., (abacus) division by divisors not greater than “9”.  9.九宮格 [jiu3gong1ge2], n., (callig.) squares into which each page of a copybook is divided (so called from the nine small squares forming a big one).  10.九迴腸 [jiu3hui2chang2], adj., (of lovers) pining after one another, wasting away through grief.  11.九九 [jiu2jiu3], n., (1)  the period of eighty-one (9×9) days counting from the winter solstice; (2)  (math.) multiplication of the numbers 1 to 9 by the same numbers seriatim; 九九表 the multiplication table up to nine times nine.  12.九連環 [jiu3lian2huan2], n., a toy consisting of nine interlocking links.  13.九流 [jiu3liu2], n., the nine schools of thought in anc. China.  14.九牛 [jiu3niu2], n., as in 費盡九牛二虎之力 spent a tremendous amount of labor or money; 九牛一毛 a drop in the ocean.  15.九如 [jiu3ru2], n., birthday felicitations (“nine best wishes”).  16.九霄 [jiu3xiao1], n., the farthest limits of the sky.  17.九死 [jiu2si3], phr., 九死一生 a ten percent chance to survive.  18.九天 [jiu3tian1], adj., high up in the heaven, sky-high.  19.九頭鳥 [jiu3tou2niao3], n., (1)  an evil omen; (2)  a tricky person.  20.九族 [jiu3zu2], n., (1)  the nine generations from great-great-grandfather down to one's great-great-grandson; (2)  nine generations of paternal and maternal relatives.  21.九五 [jiu2wu3], n., the royal prerogative or position: 九五之尊.  22.九垠 [jiu3yin2], n., the utmost limits of the sky.  23.九幽 [jiu3you1], n., the nether world, hell.  24.九淵 [jiu3yUan1], n., an abyss, a deep chasm.  25.九原 [jiu3yUan2], n., a cemetery, graveyard.