五
five
4 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 31.
Readings
- ゴ (on reading): 五輪 (ごりん) Olympic Games; 五月病 (ごがつびょう) blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work
- いつ (kun reading): 五瀬命 (いつせのみこと) Itsuse no Mikoto; 週五日 (しゅういつか) five days a week
- いつつ (kun reading): 五つ (いつつ) five; 五つ子 (いつつご) quintuplets
- Read as a whole word: 五月雨 (さみだれ) early-summer rain; 五倍子 (ふし) sumac gallnut; 五月晴れ (さつきばれ) fine weather during the rainy season
Components
Kanji containing 五
Words using 五
- 五輪 (ごりん) Olympic Games
- 五月病 (ごがつびょう) blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work
- 東京五輪 (とうきょうごりん) Tokyo Olympics
- 五十音順 (ごじゅうおんじゅん) standard gojūon syllabary order (beginning with aiueo)
- 五胡 (ごこ) Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
- 五月雨 (さみだれ) early-summer rain
- 五倍子 (ふし) sumac gallnut
- 五月晴れ (さつきばれ) fine weather during the rainy season
- 五月雨式 (さみだれしき) off and on manner
- 五月雨雲 (さみだれぐも) cloud during rainy season
- 五瀬命 (いつせのみこと) Itsuse no Mikoto
- 週五日 (しゅういつか) five days a week
- 五葉の松 (いつはのまつ) Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
- 五日熱 (いつかねつ) trench fever
- 五つ (いつつ) five
- 五つ子 (いつつご) quintuplets
- 五十集 (いさば) small Edo period short-distance transport vessel (of marine products, fuel, etc.)
- 五月闇 (さつきやみ) dark night in the rainy season
- 五十路 (いそじ) age fifty
- 五十瀬 (いせ) many torrents
302 words in all.