玖 = 王 + 久

玖 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “black-colored jade”. It is built from 王 (king) and 久 (long time (ago)).

Keyword: black-colored jade
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiǔ
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: нефрит чёрного цвета
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 玖 jet

Decomposition

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王 king
久 long time (ago)

How to find 玖 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “king” + “long time (ago)”. 玖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 玖 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.