Meanings
five
Radicals
Decomposition
โฟดไบ๏ผ
Etymology
Ideographic: Five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heavenย ไธย and earthย ไธย
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Used in compound words
Standalone, with ใค suffix
Words Using This Kanji
273 words totalpentahedron
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism
seasonable rains and winds
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
huge harvest (of the five grains)
at age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven
with no physical defects
the whole body
off and on manner
to grumble about something (trivial)
pentatonic scale
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
Kyoto Gozan
five most important temples of a region
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris)
five-toed socks
the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black