五

See also 伍

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

One possibility is that 五 was originally written as five horizontal lines, similar to 一, 二, and 三, but in common writing the lines would blend together. Thus, two lines were turned vertical and the right one was shortened, to form one stroke with the middle horizontal line. An alternate hypothesis is that 五 originally resembled an X with a bar on top and a bar on bottom. This would have meant five because when counting on a single hand, one first counts to five and then crosses back the other way to ten.

Han character

五 (radical 7 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一木一 (MDM), four-corner 1010₇)

1. five
2. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 86, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 257
• Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 11, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E94
• http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm

See also

• (Chinese written numbers): 〇  一  二  三  四  五  六  七  八  九  十
• (Chinese financial form): 伍

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Cantonese

Hanzi

五 (Yale ng5)

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Japanese

Kanji

五 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. five, 5

Readings

• On: ご (go)
• Kun: いつ (itsu), いつつ (五つ, itsutsu)
• Nanori: い (i), さ (sa), さつ (satsu), ち (chi), ふ (fu), み (mi), め (me)

Compounds

五悪 (goaku): 五位鷺 (goisagi): 五十歩百歩 (gojippohyappo): 五音音階, 五音々階 (goon'onkai): pentatonic scale 五戒 (gokai): 五角形 (gokakkei): pentagon 五官 (gokan): 五感 (gokan): the five senses 五経 (gokyou): 五桁 (goketa): 五月 (gogatsu): May 五言絶句 (gogonzekku): 五言律詩 (gogonrisshi): 五更 (gokou): 五行 (gogyou): Wu Xing 五穀 (gokoku): 五彩 (gosai): 五指 (goshi): five fingers 五種競技 (goshukyouki): pentathalon 五重 五旬節 (gojunsetsu): 五書 (gosho): 五女 (gojo): 五常 (gojou): 五情 (gojou):

五色 五人組 (goningumi): 五人囃子 (goninbayashi): 五寸釘 (gosunkugi): 五節 (gosetsu): 五線 (gosen): 五臓 (gozou): 五体 (gotai): 五段 (godan): 五男 (gonan): 五斗米 (gotobei): 五徳 (gotoku): 五倍子 (gobaishi): 五風十雨 (gofuujuuu): 五分 五辺形 (gohengei): 五面体 (gomentai): 五目 (gomoku): mixture 五里霧中 (gorimuchuu): 五稜郭 (goryoukaku): 五稜堡 (goryouho): 五倫 (gorin): 五輪 (gorin): The Olympics 五芒 (gobou): pentagram

References

JIS: 385E Kuten: 2462 Shift JIS: 8CDC EUC-JP: B8DE Frequency: 31 Nelson: 15

New Nelson: 77 Halpern: 3436 Halpern Learners: 2142 Heisig: 5 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 0a4.27

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Number

Japanese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 五

五 (ご, go)

1. five, 5

Noun

五 (hiragana ご, romaji go)

1. five
2. a name of a hole of a wind instrument

Noun

五 (hiragana いつ, romaji itsu)

1. five

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Korean

Hanja

五
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 오 (revised: o, McCune-Reischauer: o, Yale: o)

• Name (hangeul): 다섯 (revised: daseot, McCune-Reischauer: tasŏt, Yale: tases)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

五 (pinyin wǔ (wu3), Wade-Giles wu³)

Compounds

• 五味子

Cardinal number

五 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin wǔ)

1. five

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Vietnamese

Han character

五 (ngũ)

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Wu

Pronunciation

Latin Alphabet: ng´

Zhuyin Fuhao:兀ˊ

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Zhuang

Hanzi

五 (haj)

1. five