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9 or nine may refer to items in the categories of:
- 9 (number), a number, numeral, and glyph
- 9, the year 9 CE
- 9 BC, the year 9 BCE
- 9, the X-SAMPA symbol, equivalent to the IPA symbol œ, representing the open-mid front rounded vowel.
- 0.999..., the repeating decimal in mathematics
- 09 (disambiguation), the numerical abbreviation
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- 9Lives cat food, referring to the legend of a cat with nine lives
- Nine Network, or Channel 9, an Australian free-to-air television station
- Nine West, a clothing brand
- Number (n)ine, an avant garde Japanese fashion label which ended in February 2009 after being in business for 12 years
- The9, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese game publisher specializing in MMORPG
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[edit] Culture
[edit] Chinese culture
- Nine (九 pinyin jiǔ) is considered a good number in Chinese culture because it sounds the same as the word "longlasting" (久 pinyin jiǔ)[citation needed].
- Nine is strongly associated with the Chinese dragon, a symbol of magic and power. There are nine forms of the dragon, it is described in terms of nine attributes, and it has nine children It has 117 scales - 81 yang (masculine, or bad influence) and 36 yin (feminine, or good influence). All three numbers are multiples of 9 (9x13=117, 9x9=81, 9x4=36)[1] as well adding up individually to 9 (1+1+7=9, 8+1=9, 3+6=9).
- The dragon often symbolizes the Emperor, and the number nine can be found in many ornaments in the Forbidden City.
- The circular altar platform (Earthly Mount) of the Temple of Heaven has one circular marble plate in the center, surrounded by a ring of nine plates, then by a ring of 18 plates, and so on, for a total of nine rings, with the outermost having 81=9×9 plates.
- The name of the area called Kowloon in Hong Kong literally means: nine dragons.
- The nine-rank system was a civil service nomination system used during certain Chinese dynasties.
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- A ninth, in music theory, the ninth note of a musical scale or the interval between the first note and the ninth
- The curse of the ninth, the superstition that a composer who writes a ninth symphony will die soon
- Nine lives (disambiguation), a list of films, music, literature, and other items containing the phrase
- Cloud Nine, a list of music and other items containing the phrase
[edit] Entertainment
- 9 (2005 film), a 2005 short film by Shane Acker
- 9 (2009 film), feature film based on the short film by Shane Acker
- Channel 9, a list of various television stations known by the name
- District 9, a 2009 South African science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp
- K-9 (Doctor Who) (or K9), the name of the robotic dog in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures
- Love Potion No. 9 (film) is a 1992 feature film starring Sandra Bullock and Tate Donovan; the title is reminiscent of the song (see above)
- Nine (manga), a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi
- Nine (musical), a Broadway musical
- The Nine, also called the Nazgûl, in J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings
- The Nine (TV series), a serial drama television show that aired on ABC
- Nine lives (disambiguation), a list of films, music, literature, and other items containing the phrase
- The Nines, a 2007 psychological thriller written and directed by John August
- Plan 9 (disambiguation), a list of films, bands, songs, and other items containing the phrase
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (often abbreviated DS9), a science fiction television series rooted in the Star Trek universe
- 9 (game), a 1996 computer adventure game
- 9: The Last Resort was a 1995 computer game
- Nine Men’s Morris is a European board game known since Roman times.
- In the game of craps, 9 is known as the center field because it is in the middle of the seven numbers on the field bet
- The character Cirno from the Touhou series is often called "nine," "⑨," "circle-nine," or "nineball," because in the game manual for "Phantasmagoria of Flower View," she was labeled (9) Idiot (⑨ バカ, ⑨ baka?).[2]
- Magic: The Gathering has a set of nine rare cards, widely regarded as overpowered, known as the Power Nine
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[edit] Literature and mythology
- The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (2007) winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
- Nine bows, a term used in Ancient Egypt to represent the traditional enemies of Egypt
- Nine Bright Shiners, characters in Garth Nix's Old Kingdom trilogy. The Nine Bright Shiners was a 1930s book of poems by Anne Ridler[3] and a 1988 fiction book by Anthea Fraser;[4] the name derives from "a very curious old semi-pagan, semi-Christian" song.[5]
- Nine circles of Hell, in Dante's Divine Comedy
- Nine lives (disambiguation), a list of films, music, literature, and other items containing the phrase
- Nine muses, in Greek mythology: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (erotic poetry), Euterpe (lyric poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (song), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy)
- The Nine Tailors, a 1934 mystery novel by British writer Dorothy L. Sayers, her ninth featuring sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey
- Nine Unknown Men, in occult legend, the custodians of the sciences of the world since ancient times
- Nine Worthies, the nine historical, or semi-legendary figures who, in the Middle Ages, were believed to personify the ideals of chivalry
- In J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, the Nazgûl (Ringwraiths) are referred to as "the Nine" or "the Nine Riders."
[edit] Religion and philosophy
- Nine, as the highest single-digit number (in base ten), symbolizes completeness in the Bahá'í Faith. In addition, the word Bahá' in the Abjad notation has a value of 9, and a 9-pointed star is used to symbolize the religion.
- The number 9 is revered in Hinduism and considered a complete, perfected and divine number because it represents the end of a cycle in the decimal system, which originated from the Indian subcontinent as early as 3000 BC.
- Important Buddhist rituals usually involve nine monks.
- The first nine days of the Hebrew month of Av are collectively known as "The Nine Days" (Tisha HaYamim), and are a period of semi-mourning leading up to Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of Av on which both Temples in Jerusalem were destroyed.
- Nine is a significant number in Norse Mythology. Odin hung himself on an ash tree for nine days to learn the runes.
- The Fourth Way Enneagram is one system of knowledge which shows the correspondence between the 9 integers and the circle.
- In the Christian angelic hierarchy there are 9 choirs of angels.
- Ramadan, the month of fasting and prayer, is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
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A human pregnancy normally lasts nine months, the basis of the Naegele's rule.
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- Nine-ball is the standard professional pocket billiards variant played in the United States.
- In association football (soccer) the centre-forward/striker traditionally (since at least the fifties) wears the number 9 shirt.
- The car number of the 1988 NASCAR Nextel Cup championship-winning team, when Bill Elliott won the title. He used this number again from 2001 to 2003. Kasey Kahne has driven the 9 car since 2004.
- In baseball, nine represents the right fielder's position.
- The retired uniform numbers of former baseball players Ted Williams and Roger Maris. Reggie Jackson also wore 9 with the Oakland A's for nine years and is now retired.
- The number of innings in a regulation, non-tied game of baseball
- The San Francisco 49ers are sometimes referred to as the "niners".
- The number worn by Roy Hobbs in the movie The Natural.
- In rugby union, the number generally worn by the scrum half.
- In rugby league, the number generally worn by the hooker.
- In professional ice hockey, number 9 is perhaps best known as the jersey number of Adam Graves, Bobby Hull,Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard, and the number has been retired in their honour by the New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens, respectively.
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- "9" a Greek newspaper inset comics magazine
- The 9 mm Luger Parabellum pistol cartridge, or any 9mm pistol, most popularly the Beretta 9mm Pistol
- Client 9, the name given to New York governor Eliot Spitzer in a prostitution scandal
- Plan 9, another disambiguation page for this phrase
- In the NATO phonetic alphabet, the digit 9 is called "Novenine".
- Five-digit produce PLU codes that begin with 9 are organic.
- Nine justices sit on the United States Supreme Court.
- The word "K-9" pronounces the same as canine and is used in many U.S. police departments to denote the police dog unit.
- Stanines, a method of scaling test scores, range from 1 to 9.
- The Japanese consider 9 to be unlucky because it sounds similar to the Japanese word for "pain" or "distress" (苦 kunrei ku)[citation needed].
- In Middle Earth, there are nine rings of power given to men, and consequently, nine ringwraiths
- "A cat-o'-nine-tails suggests perfect punishment and atonement." --Robert Ripley.
- Divine Nine—The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities.
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