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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
- —五七調five and seven-syllable meter
- —五門禅five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
- —五念門five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
- —五文字five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
- —五具足five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner
- —第五趾little toe
- —五街道the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
- —五七五five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
- —五平餅skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
- —五賢帝the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)
- —五大陸the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
- —五度圏circle of fifths
- —五輪塔five-part gravestone representing earth, water, fire, wind and heaven
- —五逆罪five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha)
- —五絃琴five-stringed instrument; pentachord
- —五本箸eating with one's hands; five chopsticks
- —五旬祭Pentecost
- —五目豆dish of simmered soybeans and vegetables
- —五炭糖pentose
- —五の五5-5 point