jiǔ long time

Made up of [丿 piě 'slash' radical 4, rén person radical 9]
Made with 3 strokes.
A picture of a person receiving medical care (moxibustion) , may also be a picture of a footprint, hence 'time passed'
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Related characters


Also uses 丿 piě component: (certainly) (younger brother) ; (at) ; jiǔ (nine) ; (music) ; me (what) ; nǎi (to be) ; nián (year) ; shǎo (less) ; shēng (produce) ; shī (to lose) ; (do not) ; (fifth (ordinal)) ; (noon) ; (justice) ; zhī (him) ; (clan)
Also uses rén component: chá (tea) cóng (from) ; (why) ; huì (can) ; jīn (modern) ; lìng (to order) ; shè (residence) ; shí (eat) ; (to use) ; zhòng (many) ; zuò (seat) ; zuò (sit)

Sounds same

jiǔ (nine) ; jiǔ (wine)

Different tone

jiù (fault) ; jiù (at once) ; jiù (old)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 久
Stroke order for character 久, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Proverbs

旷日持久 kuàng rì chí jiǔ Spending a protracted length of time on a task. A waste of time.