Nine
Gu (구, 九) is nine in the Sino-Korean number series (il, i, sam… sip). It is a homophone of 구 (懼), "fear", one of the four terms of the kumdo 사계 (sagye).
How to say it
- Korean
- 구gu
- Spanish
- Nueve (sino-coreano)
- English
- Nine
- Japanese
- 九くku
구 (gu, 九) is the number nine in the Sino-Korean series: 일 (il), 이 (i), 삼 (sam), 사 (sa), 오 (o), 육 (yuk), 칠 (chil), 팔 (pal), 구 (gu), 십 (sip). The character 九 is read "아홉 구" and means "nine" or "ninth".
- The Sino-Korean series is used for dates, money, phone numbers, addresses and measurements.
- The native series (하나, 둘, 셋…) is used for age in speech, for counting people or things, and for hours of the day. Native nine is 아홉 (ahop).
Homophone not to be confused: in kumdo vocabulary, 구 (懼, gu) means "fear". It is one of the four terms of the 사계 (sagye): 경 (驚, surprise), 구 (懼, fear), 의 (疑, doubt) and 혹 (惑, a wandering mind). According to the sources, if any of them is in the mind, the mind is disturbed and cannot see the opening (틈) in the opponent. Fear (구) dulls mental activity and makes the hands and feet lose their movement. It is a different word, written with a different character, and is not the number nine.
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