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五 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「二」

道
10Elementary year 1 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「二」
On
ゴご · go
Kun
いつ・いつ(つ)itsu · itsu(tsu)
Meaning
five

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Stroke-order animation, origin, compounds and an example in 60 seconds.

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Between two lines, two strokes cross like an X — a counting mark.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゴごgo五穀ごこく五色ごしき五目飯ごもくはん
Kunいつitsu五日いつか
Kunいつつitsutsu五ついつつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 五ついつつ

    five

  • 五月ごがつ

    May

More words with this kanji

  • 五分ごふん
  • 四捨五入ししゃごにゅう
  • 五重塔ごじゅうのとう
  • 五吋ごインチ
  • 五臓六腑ごぞうろっぷ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

ゆびは 五(ご)本(ぽん)です。

There are five fingers.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

五月五月moon二two于in井well互mutual…云say午noon冱to fre…伍five-m…冴be cle…呉Wu
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 二Map of reading ゴAll maps

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