五

five

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゴ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

いついつ.つ

Nanori (名乗り)

いささつちふみめ

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:4

JLPT:N5

Frequency:31

Vocabulary

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Word	Reading	Meaning
五月	ゴガツ	May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
五十音	ゴジュウオン	the Japanese syllabary
五日	ゴニチ	5th day of the month; five days
五分	ゴブ	half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing; tie; (even) match
四捨五入	シシャゴニュウ	rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views); converging to a common opinion

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
五	ご	five; 5
五	いつ	five; 5
五	い	five; 5
五つ	いつつ	five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
五十三次	ごじゅうさんつぎ	fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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king, rule, magnate

lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

life, genuine, birth

correct, justice, righteous, 10**40

adroit, skilled, ingenuity