The shell bone script of character Nine
There are many explanations.
1, an arm with a hand of person
2, a brooked cave or hole
3, a kind of snake or dragon.
No matter what, most people agree that it explores an unknown area by reach as far as possible. I prefer to the arm with open hand, trying to explore an unknown deep cave.
The bronze script of the character is
Which may be an arm, a snake or dragon, a hole, same as the shell bone script.
To me which is like a person kneeling down, and his head and arms stretching forward, searching something.
The big seal script of the character
The small seal script of the character is
The clerical script of the character is
Similar to small seal script.
How could this character mean Nine later on?
Famous Chinese I Ching put 9 as the biggest number, reaching 9 is touching the end of something. Chinese believe that 9 is the highest position in nature. The end of a cave or hole is the most an explorer could reach, or the dragon is the powerful creature in the world, so the represent the biggest number 9.
I prefer to "A dragon with a fork alike head" as the original meaning of the character, which may be not right.
The song typeface of the character is
九
Same as clerical script.
The Pinyin of 九 is Jiu3.
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