Kanji 五 — "Five"
Here is what 五 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Five" stick.
How it is read
ご
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
いつつ
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
The component Five means five — nothing to it!
- 五 Five
Ever watched anime or Japanese movies? When they count, they use this character and draw one stroke at a time to count all Five strokes. But actually when writing it, you only make 4 strokes. Don't be fooled!
Words that use 五
6 of 6 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 五日 いつか five days, 5th day
- 五 ご five
- 五つ いつつ five things
- 四捨五入 ししゃごにゅう rounding up (fractions)
- 五十音 ごじゅうおん the Japanese syllabary
- 左甚五郎 ひだりじんごろう famous Japanese sculptor of the Edo Period
Want 五 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
