jiǔ long time

Made up of [丿 piě 'slash' radical 4, rén person radical 9]
Made with 3 strokes.
A picture of a person receiving medical care (moxibustion) , may also be a picture of a footprint, hence 'time passed'
Ancient small seal form Small seal

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Also uses 丿 piě component: (certainly) (younger brother) (at) jiǔ (nine) (music) me (what) nǎi (to be) nián (year) shǎo (less) shēng (produce) shī (to lose) (do not) (fifth (ordinal)) (noon) (justice) zhī (him) (clan)
Also uses rén component: chá (tea) cóng (from) (why) huì (can) jīn (modern) lìng (to order) shè (residence) shí (eat) (to use) zhòng (many) zuò (seat) zuò (sit)

Sounds same

jiǔ (nine) jiǔ (wine)

Different tone

jiù (fault) jiù (at once) jiù (old)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 久
Stroke order for character 久, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Proverbs

旷日持久 kuàng rì chí jiǔ Spending a protracted length of time on a task. A waste of time.