五 – five

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The kanji 五 means five. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゴ (go); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いつ、いつ.つ (itsu, itsutsu). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 二 (no. 7).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゴ	go
Kun’yomi	いつ	itsu
Kun’yomi	いつ.つ	itsutsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 二 (Kangxi radical 7).

Words using 五

五ごfive五日いつか5th day of the month五ついつつfive五十音ごじゅうおんthe Japanese syllabary四捨五入ししゃごにゅうrounding (off

Example sentences

三日から五日で。

Maybe three to five days.

Tatoeba #169490

この箱にはリンゴが五つ入っている。

This box contains five apples.

Tatoeba #220200

５８１４を千の位に四捨五入すれば何になりますか。

What is 5814 rounded to the nearest thousand?

Tatoeba #76953

Kanji with the same radical

二井互云

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