Kanji
五
kanji character
five
五 kanji-五 five
五
Meaning
five
Readings
Kun'yomi
- いつ か 5th day of the month
- いつ つ five
- いつ え five-storied
- いつつ
On'yomi
- ご じゅう fifty
- ご ぶ half
- ご ぶん diving into five parts
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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九 寸 五 分 dagger -
弦 楽 五 重 奏 曲 string quintet -
五 five -
五 つfive, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system) -
五 つ子 quintuplets -
五 悪 the five sins (murder, theft, adultery... -
五 音 音 階 pentatonic scale -
五 戒 the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct... -
五 官 the five sense organs -
五 感 the five senses -
五 畿 内 the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu... -
五 経 The Five Classics (of Confucianism) -
五 桁 five-digit number, "ten thousands" column -
五 月 fifth month of the lunar calendar, satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum) -
五 月 の節 句 Boys' Festival (May 5) -
五 月 闇 dark night in the rainy season -
五 月 人 形 Boys' May Festival dolls -
五 月 晴 れfine weather during the rainy season -
五 月 晴 fine weather during the rainy season -
五 弦 five strings, five-stringed instrument -
五 絃 five strings, five-stringed instrument -
五 更 the five night watches, fifth watch of the night (approx. 3am to 5am) -
五 行 the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth... -
五 穀 the five grains (wheat, rice, beans... -
五 彩 the five colours: green, yellow, red... -
五 指 the five fingers, leading five, top five -
五 種 競 技 pentathlon -
五 十 音 the Japanese syllabary -
五 十 音 順 standard gojūon syllabary order (beginning with aiueo...) -
五 十 三 次 fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)