Stroke order
Stroke order
五 (Kangxi radical 7,二 +2, 4 strokes,cangjie input 一木一 (MDM ),four-corner 10107 ,composition ⿱一 𫝀 or⿻丅 ユ or⿻工 𠃍 or⿱一 )
伍 ,㕶 ,鿉 ,㐏 ,吾 ,忢 ,𫰌 ,𭜐 ,𬂡 ,𥄬 ,𥐳 ,𦙗 ,𮛉 ,𮡨 ,𭈔 ,𮤴 ,𬃂 ,𠄼 ,𡟿 ,𮐌 ,𬁶 ,𫡲 ,𫡵 ,𫇩 ,𠄶 ,𬂽 ,𥄪 ,𭘣 ,𠵥 ,𠄲 ,𠄻 ,𭱷 Kangxi Dictionary:page 86 , character 11 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 257 Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 4 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 11, character 3 Unihan data for U+4E94 Historical forms of the character五 Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan )Liushutong (compiled inMing )Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts j29736
j29737
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j29750
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Transcribed ancient scripts
L34450
L34451
L14821
L14822
L14823
L14824
L14825
L14826
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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) andYinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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
Originally written𠄡 , consisting of㐅 with a bar on the top and bottom. One hypothesis explains that this may have meantfive because when counting on a single hand, one first counts to five and thencrosses back the other way toten .
In韋 , the upper component (𫝀 ) is the stylization of a footprint, hence it is similar but unrelated to 五.
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ ( “ five ” ) .
Mandarin (Standard ) (Pinyin ) :wǔ (wu3 )(Zhuyin ) :ㄨˇ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin ) :wu3 (Xi'an ,Guanzhong Pinyin ) :wù (Nanjing ,Nanjing Pinyin ) :wǔ (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary ) :ву (vu, II)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping ) :ng5 (Dongguan ,Jyutping++ ) :m5 (Taishan ,Wiktionary ) :m2 (Yangjiang ,Jyutping++ ) :ung2 Gan (Wiktionary ) :ng3 / u3 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS ) :ńg (Hailu ,HRS ) :ngˊ (Meixian ,Guangdong ) :n3 (Changting , Changting Pinyin ) :ng3 Jin (Wiktionary ) :vu2 Northern Min (KCR ) :ngù Eastern Min (BUC ) :ngô / ngū Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): ngou5 / ngoo5 / gou3 / goo3 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ ) :gō͘ /gǒ͘ /ňg /ngó͘ /gó͘ /gú (Teochew ,Peng'im ) :ngou6 / ngou2 / u2 (Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) :ngeu6 / ngu2 Southern Pinghua (Nanning ,Jyutping++ ) :ngu5 Wu (Wugniu ) (Northern ) :6 ng /4 n /4 ng /6 m /3 ng /2 ng /1 u /5 u /3 u /1 ou /4 wu /2 wu(Jinhua ) :3 ng;3 uXiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary ) :u3 (Loudi ,Wiktionary ) :u3 (Hengyang ,Wiktionary ) :u3 Note :
ng3 - vernacular; u3 - literary (e.g.五香 ). Note :
ngô - vernacular; ngū - literary. Note :
ngou5/ngoo5 - vernacular; gou3/goo3 - literary. Southern Min (Hokkien :Xiamen ,Zhangzhou ,Changtai ,Zhangpu ,Yongchun ,Taipei ,Kaohsiung ,Tainan ,Taichung ,Hsinchu ,Yilan ,Sanxia ,Magong ,Kinmen ,Penang ,Singapore ,Klang ) (Hokkien :Quanzhou ,Jinjiang ,Nan'an ,Hui'an ,Lukang ,Philippines ) (Hokkien :Longyan ) (Hokkien :Xiamen ,Zhangzhou ,Changtai ,GeneralTaiwanese ,Penang ) (Hokkien :Quanzhou ,Jinjiang ,Nan'an ,Hui'an ,Zhangpu ) (Hokkien :Longyan ) Note :
gō͘/gǒ͘/ňg - vernacular; ngó͘/gó͘/gú - literary. Note :
ngou6 - vernacular; ngou2, u2 - literary. (Leizhou ) Leizhou Pinyin :ngeu6 / ngu2 SinologicalIPA :/ŋɛu³³/, /ŋu³¹/ Note :
ngeu6 - vernacular; ngu2 - literary. Southern Pinghua Wu (Northern :Shanghai ,Jiading ,Suzhou ,Hangzhou ,Ningbo ) (Northern :Chongming ) (Northern :Jiading ,Chuansha ,Yixing ,Jiaxing ,Haining ,Haiyan ,Deqing ,Xiaoshan ,Shaoxing ,Zhoushan ) (Northern :Kunshan ) (Northern :Changzhou ,Tongxiang ) (Northern :Cixi ) (Northern :Shanghai ,Chongming ) (Northern :Shanghai ,Jiading ) (Northern :Jiading ,Changzhou ,Jingjiang ,Tongxiang ,Hangzhou ) (Northern :Suzhou ) (Northern :Jiaxing ,Haining ,Haiyan ,Xiaoshan ,Shaoxing ,Zhoushan ) (Northern :Cixi ) (Jinhua ) Note :
ng - vernacular; (o)u, wu - literary; 6 ng (Hangzhou) - younger speakers only, influenced by nearby lects.Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 五 Reading # 1/1 Modern Beijing (Pinyin) wǔ Middle Chinese ‹ nguX › Old Chinese /*C.ŋˁaʔ/ English 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 五 Reading # 1/1 No. 13147 Phonetic component 五 Rime group 魚 Rime subdivision 0 Corresponding MC rime 五 Old Chinese /*ŋaːʔ/
五
five asurname ,Wu ( Mainland China , Taiwan ) orNg ( Hong Kong ) ( printing ) Thesize oftype between小五 (xiǎowǔ ) (little 5 ) and小四 (xiǎosì ) (little 4 ),standardized as 10½point .In Min Nan numbers, thevernacular (白) pronunciation is the more common pronunciation, while theliterary (文) reading is used for reading numbers out loud, such as in phone numbers. Please note that this usage is similar to the usage of the variant幺 for the numeral一 in Mandarin.
Others :
→ Proto-Tai:*haːꟲ ( “ five ” ) Northern Tai Central Tai Southwestern Tai 五
( music ) Kunqu gongche notation for thenote la (6).( music ) Cantonese opera gongche notation for thenote la (6).“五 ”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database) [1] ,香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong ),2014– 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [ Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC] , editor (2021 ), “五 ”, in莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect ] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press ,→ISBN , page236 .莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [ Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC] , editor (2021 ), “五 ”, in莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect ] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press ,→ISBN , page407 .五
(First grade kyōiku kanji )
five Compounds
五( ご ) 節( せっ ) 句( く ) ( gosekku ,“ the five seasonal festivals of the Japanese calendar ” ) 五( ご ) 悪( あく ) ( Goaku ,“ (Buddhism) the Five Evils ” ) 五( ご ) 位( い ) 鷺( さぎ ) ( goisagi ) ,五( ゴ ) 位( イ ) 鷺( サギ ) ( goisagi ,“ night heron ” ) 五( ご ) 十( じっ ) 歩( ぽ ) 百( ひゃっ ) 歩( ぽ ) ( gojippo hyappo ) ,五( ご ) 十( じゅっ ) 歩( ぽ ) 百( ひゃっ ) 歩( ぽ ) ( gojuppo hyappo ) 五( ご ) 音( おん ) 音( おん ) 階( かい ) ( gōn onkai ,“ pentatonic scale ” ) 五( ご ) 戒( かい ) ( Gokai ,“ (Buddhism) the Five Precepts ” ) 五( ご ) 角( かく ) 形( けい ) ( gokakukei ) ,五( ご ) 角( かっ ) 形( けい ) ( gokakkei ,“ pentagon ” ) 五( ご ) 官( かん ) ( gokan ,“ the five sense organs ” ) 五( ご ) 感( かん ) ( gokan ,“ the five senses ” ) 五( ご ) 経( きょう ) ( Gokyō ,“ (Confucianism) Four Books and Five Classics ” ) 五( ご ) 桁( けた ) ( goketa ) 五( ご ) 月( がつ ) ( gogatsu ) ,五( さつ ) 月( き ) ( satsuki ) ,五( サツ ) 月( キ ) ( satsuki ,“ May ” ) 五( ご ) 言( ごん ) 絶( ぜっ ) 句( く ) ( gogonzekku ) 五( ご ) 言( ごん ) 律( りっ ) 詩( し ) ( gogonrisshi ) 五( ご ) 更( こう ) ( gokō ) 五( ご ) 行( ぎょう ) ( Gogyō ,“ Wu Xing ” ) 五( ご ) 穀( こく ) ( gokoku ) 五( ご ) 彩( さい ) ( gosai ) 五( ご ) 指( し ) ( goshi ,“ five fingers ” ) 五( ご ) 種( しゅ ) 競( きょう ) 技( ぎ ) ( goshu kyōgi ,“ pentathlon ” ) 五( いつ ) 重( え ) ( itsue ) 五( ご ) 旬( じゅん ) 節( せつ ) ( gojunsetsu ) 五( ご ) 書( しょ ) ( gosho ) 五( ご ) 女( じょ ) ( gojo ) 五( ご ) 常( じょう ) ( Gojō ,“ the five Confucian virtues ” ) 五( ご ) 情( じょう ) ( Gojō ,“ the Five Passions ” ) 五( ご ) 色( しき ) ( goshiki ) 五( ご ) 人( にん ) 組( ぐみ ) ( Goningumi ,“ Five Households (Edo era civil defence units) ” ) 五( ご ) 人( にん ) 囃( ばや ) 子( し ) ( goninbayashi ) 五( ご ) 寸( すん ) 釘( くぎ ) ( gosun kugi ,“ a longnail , roughly 15 cm in length ” ) 五( ご ) 節( せつ ) ( gosetsu ) 五( ご ) 線( せん ) ( gosen ) 五( ご ) 臓( ぞう ) ( gozō ) 五( ご ) 体( たい ) ( gotai ) 五( ご ) 段( だん ) ( godan ) 五( ご ) 男( なん ) ( gonan ) 五( ご ) 斗( と ) 米( べい ) ( gotobei ) 五( ご ) 徳( とく ) ( gotoku ) 五倍子( ふし ) ( fushi ) 五( ご ) 風( ふう ) 十( じゅう ) 雨( う ) ( gofū jūu ,“ clement weather ( literally, “five days and one is windy, ten days and one is rainy” ) ” ) 五( ご ) 分( ぶ ) ( gobu ) ,五( ご ) 分( ふん ) ( gofun ) ,五( ご ) 分( ぶん ) ( gobun ) 五( ご ) 辺( へん ) 形( けい ) ( gohenkei ) 五( ご ) 面( めん ) 体( たい ) ( gomentai ,“ pentahedron ” ) 五( ご ) 目( もく ) ( gomoku ,“ mixture ” ) 五( ご ) 里( り ) 霧( む ) 中( ちゅう ) ( gori muchū ,“ totally lost , groping in the dark( literally, “five leagues in the fog” ) ” ) 五( ご ) 稜( りょう ) 郭( かく ) ( Goryōkaku ,“ Goryōkaku, a star-shaped fort in Hakodate ” ) 五( ご ) 稜( りょう ) 堡( ほ ) ( goryōho ) 五( ご ) 倫( りん ) ( Gorin ,“ Gorin, the five Confucian virtues ” ) 五( ご ) 輪( りん ) ( Gorin ,“ Olympics ” ) 五( ご ) 芒( ぼう ) ( gobō ,“ pentagram ” ) 弦( げん ) 楽( がく ) 五( ご ) 重( じゅう ) 奏( そう ) ( gengaku gojūsō ,“ string quintet ” ) FromOld Japanese , fromProto-Japonic *etu .
五( いつ ) • (itsu )
five FromMiddle Chinese 五 (MC nguX ). Compare modernHokkien 五 ( gō͘ / gǒ͘ ) .
五( ご ) • (go )
five a name of a hole of awind instrument Japanese numbers
Number Kanji Kana Romaji 0 零 れい、ゼロ rei, zero 1 一 、壱 、弌 、壹 いち ichi 2 二 、弐 、貳 、貮 に ni 3 三 、参 さん san 4 四 、肆 よん、し yon, shi 5 五 、伍 ご go 6 六 、陸 ろく roku 7 七 、漆 なな、しち nana, shichi 8 八 、捌 はち hachi 9 九 、玖 きゅう、く kyū, ku 10 十 、拾 じゅう jū 100 百 、陌 、佰 ひゃく hyaku 1,000 千 、阡 、仟 せん sen 10,000 一万 、万 、一萬 、萬 いちまん、まん ichiman, man 100,000,000 一億 、億 いちおく、おく ichioku, oku
五( い ) • (i )
five FromMiddle Chinese 五 (MC nguX ).
Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun , 1448ᅌᅩᆼ〯 (Yale :ngwǒ )Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun ) Reading Hunmong Jahoe , 1527[2] 다ᄉᆞᆺ〮 (Yale :tàsós )오〯 (Yale :wǒ )
(SK Standard /Seoul )IPA (key ) :[o̞(ː)] Phonetic hangul:[오 (ː) ] Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length. 五 (eumhun 다섯 오 ( daseot o ) )
hanja form? of오 ( “ five ” ) 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전/電子字典 .[3] 五 :Hán Việt readings:ngũ [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] 五 :Nôm readings:ngũ [ 1] [ 3] [ 5] ,ngủ [ 1] ,ngỗ [ 1]
chữ Hán form ofngũ ( “ five ” ) 五
Sawndip form ofhaj ( “ five ” )