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五 kanji
five
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ゴ
Kun readings
いついつつ
Words with 五
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —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, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
- —五穀the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
- —五彩the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors; five-coloured porcelain; five-colored porcelain
- —五指the five fingers; leading five; top five
- —五書Pentateuch
- —五常the five cardinal Confucian virtues (justice, politeness, wisdom, fidelity and benevolence)
- —五情the five passions (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief)
- —五節the five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)
- —五線staff; stave
- —五臓the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
- —五段godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
- —五徳the five virtues (esp. in Confucianism); tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; family crest in the shape of a three-legged kettle stand
- —五倍five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
- —五目mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row; go-bang
- —五芒pentagram
- —五色five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
- —五倫the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
- —第五fifth
- —五女fifth daughter