Meanings
five
Radicals
Decomposition
⿴二?
Etymology
Ideographic: Five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heaven 一 and earth 一
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Used in compound words
Standalone, with つ suffix
Words Using This Kanji
273 words totalItsuse no Mikoto
the five planets (in ancient Chinese astronomy; Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury)
Olympic truce
(complaining about) this and that
without complaining (about this and that)
five-stringed instrument
fifty percent
the five blessings (health, wealth, longevity, love of virtue and dying a natural death)
five people
Youth Olympic Games
Pentecost
dish of simmered soybeans and vegetables
pentose
small Edo period short-distance transport vessel (of marine products, fuel, etc.)
5-5 point
5-5 point
five flavor fruit (Schisandra chinensis)
five directions (center, north, south, east, and west)
Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
striated heron (Butorides striata)