- 九(number nine; bent arm)ASSOCIATIVE
Nine bent fingers curve like an ancient person's arm used to count the largest number.
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九死一生
九死一生
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
- 。
He barely survived after a brush with death.
- 貳形adjective
new lease of life
- 。
He barely survived after nearly dying multiple times.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 生(life; sprouting)ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts a sprout pushing up through the soil, symbolizing life and growth.
九死一生
Traditional九
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
- 。
He barely survived after a brush with death.
- 貳形adjective
new lease of life
- 。
He barely survived after nearly dying multiple times.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 九(number nine; bent arm)ASSOCIATIVE
Nine bent fingers curve like an ancient person's arm used to count the largest number.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
- 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE
Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 生(life; sprouting)ASSOCIATIVE
The character depicts a sprout pushing up through the soil, symbolizing life and growth.
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