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See also: ꝯ, 9., and ⑨

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

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

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  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.

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

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

Other representations of 9:

9 (plural 9s)

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

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

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

9

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