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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
- —五稜堡five-sided fort; Pentagon
- —五輪旗Olympic Flag
- —七五調seven-and-five-syllable meter
- —十五夜night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
- —五角形pentagon
- —五月幟Boys' Festival paper-carp streamers
- —五大州the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
- —五重唱vocal quintet; five-part chorus
- —五重奏instrumental quintet
- —五十肩stiff shoulders (usu. owing to age); frozen shoulder
- —五月病blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues
- —第五列fifth column
- —念五日25th of the month; 25 days
- —五月祭May Day; May Festival
- —五位鷺black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron
- —五形拳Wu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
- —五車星Auriga (constellation); the Charioteer
- —五面体pentahedron
- —五芒星pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
- —五葉松Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)