numeric
nine; 9
The number nine. 玖 is a formal variant used in legal documents.
九時に会議が始まります。
The meeting starts at nine o'clock.
猫は九つの命があると言われている。
Cats are said to have nine lives.
Arabic numeral; common in horizontal writing and lists.
Formal kanji used in legal and financial documents to prevent forgery.
The kanji 九 is a pictograph representing a bent elbow, historically associated with the number nine. The on'yomi きゅう and く derive from Middle Chinese.