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U+4F0D, 伍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F0D

[U+4F0C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F0E]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character



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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋaːʔ): semantic + phonetic (OC *ŋaːʔ). Also ideogrammic compound (會意会意).

Etymology 1[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • m2 - "five", surname;
  • m4 - troops.
  • Hakka
  • Eastern Min
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • ngó͘/gó͘ - literary;
    • gō͘/gǒ͘ - vernacular.
    Note: ngou6 - “five”.
    Note:
    • 3hhu - literary;
    • 3ngg - vernacular;
    • 2u - only in 隊伍 “company”..

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (31)
    Final () (23)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter nguX
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    ng5
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13148
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ŋaːʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. troop of five soldiers
    2. (figuratively) military
    3. ally; company
    4. (financial) Alternative form of (five)
    5. a surname: Wu, Woo, Ng, or Eng
        ―  Liándé  ―  Wu Lien-teh (Malayan Chinese physician and epidemiologist)
      家崗家岗  ―  jiāgǎng Qū  ―  Wujiagang District

    See also[edit]

    Chinese numbers
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
    Normal
    (小寫小写)
    , , , , ,
    十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)
    百萬百万,
    (Philippines),
    面桶 (Philippines)
    亿 (Taiwan)
    萬億万亿 (Mainland China)
    Financial
    (大寫大写)

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic ():
    • Japanese: () (go)
    • Korean: 오(伍) (o)

    Others:

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

    Etymology 2[edit]

    trad.
    simp. #

    From (denoting one octave higher in Kunqu) + ().

    Pronunciation[edit]


    Definitions[edit]

    1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note high la (6̇).
      Synonym: () (Cantonese opera)

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    1. (financial, dated) five
    2. five (mahjong)

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    See also[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese (MC nguX). Recorded as Middle Korean 오〯 () (Yale: wo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 다섯사람 (daseotsaram o))

    1. Hanja form? of (five).

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: ngũ

    1. five