懂中文 Dong Chinese

玖

jiǔ

black-colored jade

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 久 represents the sound.

Components
王 meaning component

王  Meaning component

wáng, wàng

  

king

久 sound component

久  Sound component

jiǔ

  

long time (ago)

Evolution

玖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
玖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

玖  

jiǔ

black-colored jade; black jade; nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)