伍

See also: 五

伍 U+4F0D, 伍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F0D ← 伌 [U+4F0C] CJK Unified Ideographs 伎 → [U+4F0E]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		伍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伍
Small seal script s05781 Transcribed ancient scripts L34452 L14830 L14831
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋaːʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 五 (OC *ŋaːʔ). Also ideogrammic compound (會意).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gó͘ / ngó͘ / gǒ͘ / gō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou² / ngou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: wu3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵
    • Yale: ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘
    • Tâi-lô: góo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngor
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: gǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘
    • Tâi-lô: gōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: go
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ²²/

Note:

• ngó͘/gó͘ - literary;
• gō͘/gǒ͘ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ngou² / ngou⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngóu / ngŏu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou⁵²/, /ŋou³⁵/

Note: ngou6 - “five”.

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋuo^X/

Rime
Character	伍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	疑古切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔX/
Li Rong	/ŋoX/
Wang Li	/ŋuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	伍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ nguX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
English	group of five
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伍
Reading #	1/1
No.	13148
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	五
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːʔ/

Definitions

伍

1. troop of five soldiers
2. (figuratively) military
3. ally; company
4. Alternative form of 五 (“five”)
5. A surname​: Wu, Woo, Ng, or Eng.

   伍家崗區 / 伍家岗区  ―  Wǔjiāgǎng Qū  ―  Wujiagang District

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	108	1012
Normal (小寫／小写)	〇	一	二	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬／万	億／亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫／大写)	零	壹	貳／贰	參／叁	肆	伍	陸／陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟

Compounds

• 伍伯
• 伍員乘潮／伍员乘潮
• 伍員抉目／伍员抉目
• 伍員鞭屍／伍员鞭尸
• 伍子胥
• 伍家 (Wǔjiā)
• 伍家崗／伍家岗 (Wǔjiāgǎng)
• 伍山 (Wǔshān)
• 伍洛 (Wǔluò)
• 伍相廟／伍相庙 (Wǔxiàngmiào)
• 伍茲／伍兹 (Wǔzī)
• 伍長／伍长
• 入伍 (rùwǔ)
• 卒伍

• 參伍／参伍
• 噲伍／哙伍
• 士伍
• 恥與為伍／耻与为伍 (chǐyúwéiwǔ)
• 本伍
• 歸伍／归伍
• 火伍
• 為伍／为伍 (wéiwǔ)
• 燕雀伍
• 砥兵礪伍／砥兵砺伍
• 簿伍
• 羞與噲伍／羞与哙伍
• 羞與為伍／羞与为伍 (xiūyúwéiwǔ)
• 老行伍

• 與噲為伍／与哙为伍
• 落伍 (luòwǔ)
• 行伍 (hángwǔ)
• 行伍出身
• 超伍
• 退伍 (tuìwǔ)
• 部伍
• 鄰伍／邻伍
• 配伍 (pèiwǔ)
• 閭伍／闾伍
• 隊伍／队伍 (duìwǔ)
• 隊伍行列／队伍行列
• 黨伍／党伍

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Go
• (Mandarin) Tagalog: Wu

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Japanese

Kanji

伍

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. five (used in legal/financial documents)

Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: ご (go)
• Kun: いつつ (itsutsu, 伍つ)
• Nanori: くみ (kumi); あつむ (atsumu)

Compounds

• 伍長

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Korean

Hanja

伍 (eum 오 (o))

1. five
2. fifth

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Vietnamese

Han character

伍: Hán Nôm readings: ngũ

1. five