伍

See also 五

Translingual

Han character

伍 (radical 9 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一木一 (OMDM), four-corner 2121₇, composition ⿰亻五)

1. five (used normally on official documents or checks to avoid forgery)
2. troops
3. Wǔ, a common Chinese surname

References

• KangXi: page 95, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 435
• Dae Jaweon: page 202, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 118, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F0D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

伍 (Yale ng5)

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Japanese

Kanji

伍 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: ご (go)
• Kun: くみ (kumi), いつつ (itsutsu)

Compounds

伍長

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Korean

Hanja

伍 (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

伍 (pinyin wǔ (wu3), Wade-Giles wu³)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

伍

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Go, Wu

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Vietnamese

Han character

伍 (ngũ)