五 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. (数字) 5、ファイブ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

縄を巻いて収める器具を象る。「なわまき」を意味する漢語{䇘}を表す字。仮借して「いつつ」を意味する漢語{五}に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

five

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • Elem.
Kun (native)
  • いつElem.
  • いつ(つ)Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • さつ
Other languages
  • 拼音wu3
  • 한글o
  • Hán-ViệtNgũ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
二(に)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 4
Unicode
U+4E94

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱一𫝀

Words using this kanji

  • 5。四より一多い数。five, 5
  • 五輪ごりん《仏教》 地輪・水輪・火輪・風輪・空輪の五つ。五大(万物を構成する地・水・火・風・空の要素)のこと。 《仏教》 五輪成身(ごりんじょうしん)の略語。 《仏教》 五輪塔(五輪卒塔婆)の略語。Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympic rings
  • 五分ごぶ(ごふん)1分の五倍。 (ごぶ)尺貫法で1寸の半分。 (ごぶ)1割の半分。百分の五。half, 50%, 5 parts, 5%
  • 五十三次ごじゅうさんつぎfifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
  • 五ついつつfive, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
  • 五感ごかん外界の事物を感知するための5つの感覚機能。視覚・聴覚・嗅覚・味覚・触覚の総称。the five senses
  • 五十音ごじゅうおんthe Japanese syllabary
  • 五体ごたい身体を構成する五つの部位。 書の五つの書体。the whole body, the five styles of writing Chinese characters, the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
  • 五重奏ごじゅうそうinstrumental quintet
  • 五色ごしき(ごしき, ごしょく) 五種類の。特に、、、、を指す。 (ごしき, ごしょく) いろいろな色。 (ごしき) 東寺瓜の異名。five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black), five colours, many kinds, varied
  • 五人組ごにんぐみfive-family unit, five-man group, quintet, five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
  • 五線ごせんstaff, stave
  • 五重いつえ(ごじゅう)五つの重なり。 「いつえ」参照。five-storied, quintuplicate, fivefold
  • 五分五分ごぶごぶ割合が全体の半分であること。as likely as not, fifty-fifty, even match, tie
  • 五目ごもく五つの品目。五種類。 多くの物が混ざっていること。 「五目飯」、「五目並べ」などの略。mixture of ingredients (originally five), mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles), gomoku (game), five in a row
  • 五線譜ごせんふ5本の線を用い、各線の間の音高の差を白鍵2つ分とする楽譜。音高は音名記号によって示す。staff notation
  • 五月晴れさつきばれ(さつきばれ、ごがつばれ)新暦五月の晴れの日。fine weather during the rainy season
  • 五月雨さみだれさみだれ参照。early-summer rain
  • ウー5。四より一多い数。five
  • 五悪ごあくthe five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-4-1
Four Corner
1010.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a4.27
Heisig
5
Nelson
15