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JLPT N5 SL1 4 strokes Frequency: #22

Meanings

five

Radicals

Decomposition

⿴二?

Etymology

Ideographic: Five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heaven 一 and earth 一 

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
go

Used in compound words

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
いつ itsu

Standalone, with つ suffix

Words Using This Kanji

273 words total
Other (20 words)
冬季五輪 とうきごりん

Winter Olympics

五具足 ごぐそく

five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

五果 ごか

five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut)

五番目物 ごばんめもの

last of the traditional set of five noh plays

五街道 ごかいどう

the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)

五位 ごい

fifth court rank

五七五 ごしちご

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

五七五 ごしちご

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

屋久種子五葉 やくたねごよう

Amami pine (Pinus amamiana)

第五の力 だいごのちから

fifth force

五行六信 ごぎょうろくしん

the five pillars of Islam and six articles of faith

六信五行 ろくしんごぎょう

the six articles of faith and five pillars of Islam

五四運動 ごしうんどう

May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)

五本の指に入る ごほんのゆびにはいる

to be among the top five

平昌五輪 ピョンチャンごりん

Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games

五十日の祝 いかのいわい

celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child

パラ五輪 パラごりん

Paralympics

五目ごはん ごもくごはん

casserole of rice, fish or meat, and vegetables

五賢帝 ごけんてい

the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)

夏季五輪 かきごりん

Summer Olympics