Chinese [ edit ]
nine
five
simp. and trad. (九五 )
九
五
Literally: “nine (in the) fifth (position)”.
Etymology [ edit ]
The first hexagram of the I Ching (䷀) is six solid bars from bottom to top. In I Ching divination , a value of nine corresponds to a solid bar (old yang : i.e. yang changing into yin ). In the I Ching commentary for the first hexagram, it notes that a value of nine in the fifth position (the second bar from the top) has the following meaning:
As a result of the symbolism of the wording in the commentary, this term eventually came to be associated with the emperor .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
九
五
Reading #
1/1
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jiǔ
wǔ
Middle Chinese
‹ kjuwX ›
‹ nguX ›
Old Chinese
/*[k]uʔ/
/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
English
nine
five
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
九
五
Reading #
1/1
1/1
No.
6941
13147
Phonetic component
九
五
Rime group
幽
魚
Rime subdivision
1
0
Corresponding MC rime
久
五
Old Chinese
/*kuʔ/
/*ŋaːʔ/
九五
( archaic ) the emperor
the fifth bar (the second from the top) is a solid line, and has a numerical value of nine (old yang )
Derived terms [ edit ]