五
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning (Japanese)
- (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)
- ゴElem.
- Kun (native)
- いつElem.
- いつ(つ)Elem.
- Nanori (used in names)
- い
- さ
- さつ
- ち
- ふ
- み
- め
- 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
- 五ご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
- 五ウー5。四より一多い数。five
- 五悪ごあくthe five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
4-4-1- Four Corner
1010.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a4.27- Heisig
- 5
- Nelson
- 15