五 – vocab dash

Keyword

five

Frequency: #31
Strokes: 4
Grade: 1
JLPT (old): N4
Heisig: 5

Readings

ゴ88%

いつ13%

Mnemonic

A prisoner scratches a boxy 5 into his cell wall with a spoon, one straight line for each finger he still has: five.

Stroke order

Used in kanji

語language 悟enlightenment 吾me (ceremonial)伍thin five 忢enlightenment

Used in vocabulary

十じゅう五ご

fifteen; 15

Numeric

五ご十じゅう

fifty; 50

Numeric

五ご

five; 5

Numeric

五ご月がつ

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

Noun

五ご輪りん

Olympic Games; Olympics; Olympic rings

Noun

五ご分ぶ

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing; tie; (even) match

Noun

五月蝿うるさい

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate; fussy; finicky; picky; …

I-adjective

五ご十じゅう三さん次つぎ

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

Noun

五いつつ

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

Numeric

五いつ日か

5th day of the month; five days

Noun

十じゅう五ご日にち

15th day of the month; 15 days

Noun

二に十じゅう五ご日にち

25th day of the month; 25 days

Noun

五ご重じゅう奏そう

instrumental quintet

Noun

五ご人にん組ぐみ

five-family unit; five-man group; quintet

Noun

五いつ重え

five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold

Noun

五月さつき

satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

Noun

五ウー

five

Numeric

五ご十じゅう音おん

the Japanese syllabary

Noun

四し捨しゃ五ご入にゅう

rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views); converging to a common opinion

Noun

七五三しめ

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

Noun

五ご感かん

the five senses

Noun

五ご色しき

five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd

Noun

五月雨さみだれ

early-summer rain

Noun

五ご線せん

staff; stave

Noun