五
five; 5
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #277 U+4E94
How 五 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heaven 一 and earth 一
How to remember it
five · Heisig RSH #5
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 五 as their sound component
These characters all use 五 (wǔ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五 sound component | wǔ | five; surname |
| 吾 | wú | I, my, our; to resist, to impede |
Words containing 五
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五分之一 | wǔ fēn zhī yī | one fifth |
| 五大名山 | Wǔ dà Míng shān | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山… |
| 三不五时 | sān bù wǔ shí | (Tw) from time to time; frequently |
| 五打一 | wǔ dǎ yī | to masturbate (slang) |
| 五分美金 | wǔ fēn Měi jīn | nickel; five US cents |
| 五河县 | Wǔ hé Xiàn | Wuhe, a county in Bengbu City 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4], Anhui |
| 五台县 | Wǔ tái Xiàn | Wutai, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 五道口 | Wǔ dào kǒu | Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing |
| 五台山 | Wǔ tái Shān | Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhima… |
| 五台市 | Wǔ tái shì | Wutai city in Shanxi |
| 五一 | wǔ yī | 5-1 (May 1st) |
| 五音不全 | wǔ yīn bù quán | tone deaf; unable to sing in tune |
| 五指山市 | Wǔ zhǐ shān shì | Wuzhishan City, Hainan |
| 五金 | wǔ jīn | metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银… |
| 五行 | wǔ xíng | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 |
| 一五一十 | yī wǔ yī shí | lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail |
| 五花八门 | wǔ huā bā mén | myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of |
| 三五 | sān wǔ | several; three or five |
| 五原县 | Wǔ yuán Xiàn | Wuyuan, a county in Bayannur City 巴彥淖爾市|巴彦淖尔市[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 哈拉尔五世 | Hā lā ěr Wǔ shì | Harald V of Norway |