久 jiǔ long time
Made up of [丿 piě 'slash' radical 4, 人 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 
Related characters
Also uses 丿 piě component: 必 bì (certainly) 弟 dì (younger brother) ; 乎 hū (at) ; 九 jiǔ (nine) ; 乐 lè (music) ; 么 me (what) ; 乃 nǎi (to be) ; 年 nián (year) ; 少 shǎo (less) ; 生 shēng (produce) ; 失 shī (to lose) ; 勿 wù (do not) ; 戊 wù (fifth (ordinal)) ; 午 wǔ (noon) ; 义 yì (justice) ; 之 zhī (him) ; 族 zú (clan)
Also uses 人 rén component: 茶 chá (tea) 从 cóng (from) ; 曷 hé (why) ; 会 huì (can) ; 今 jīn (modern) ; 令 lìng (to order) ; 舍 shè (residence) ; 食 shí (eat) ; 以 yǐ (to use) ; 众 zhòng (many) ; 座 zuò (seat) ; 坐 zuò (sit)
Sounds same
九 jiǔ (nine) ; 酒 jiǔ (wine)Different tone
咎 jiù (fault) ; 就 jiù (at once) ; 旧 jiù (old)Pronunciation
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