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U+4F0D, 伍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F0D

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

Translingual

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Stroke order

Han character

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

References

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  • 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

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Glyph origin

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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

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • m2 - "five", surname;
  • m4 - troops.
Note:
  • ngó͘/gó͘ - literary (incl. surname);
  • 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

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    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

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    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

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    Descendants

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

    Others:

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

    Etymology 2

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    simp. and trad.

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

    Pronunciation

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    Definitions

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

    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

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

    Readings

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

    Compounds

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    See also

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    Number

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    Kanji in this term
    ウー
    Jinmeiyō
    irregular

    (ウー) (ū

    1. (mahjong) five

    Korean

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    Etymology

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

    Hanja

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    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 다섯사람 (daseotsaram o))

    1. hanja form? of (five)

    Compounds

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    References

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    • 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

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    Han character

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    : Hán Nôm readings: ngũ

    1. five