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 totalfive-toed socks
five-toed (socks)
days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)
godan verb conjugation
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods
five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
diving beetle
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
barbet (any bird of family Capitonidae)
Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)
the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy)
pentagonal prism
pentagon
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
trench fever
painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
Pentateuch
Pentateuch