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五 : Five

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Components:
二

five

On 'yomi:
ゴ(go)
Kun 'yomi:
いつ(itsu) いつ.つ(itsu.tsu)
Nanori:
い(i) さ(sa) さつ(satsu) ち(chi) ふ(fu) み(mi) め(me)
Strokes:4
Radical:二 (7)
Usage Rating:31
JLPT:N5
old JLPT:4
Grade:1
Unicode:04e94
jis208:24-62
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五 Usage examples

五分咲き(ごぶざき)half-florescent
五輪のマーク(ごりんのマーク)five-ring Olympic emblem
念五日(ねんごにち)25 days
五月祭(ごがつさい)May Day, May Festival
五位鷺(ゴイサギ)black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), night heron
五女(ごじょ)fifth daughter
五男(ごなん)fifth son
五明後日(ごあさって)four days from now (five days in some places)
週五日(しゅういつか)five days a week
四当五落(よんとうごらく)sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)
五本(ごほん)five (long cylindrical things)
五形拳(ごけいけん)Wu Xing Fist, Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
五車星(ごしゃせい)Auriga (constellation), the Charioteer
五分の一(ごぶんのいち)one fifth part
上位五番(じょういごばん)last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
五面体(ごめんたい)pentahedron
四書五経(ししょごきょう)the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, the Nine Chinese Classics
五風十雨(ごふうじゅうう)seasonable rains and winds, halcyon weather, halcyon times of peace
五分(ごぶん)to divide into five parts
五分(ごふん)five minutes
陰陽五行(おんようごぎょう)the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
五穀豊穣(ごこくほうじょう)
五穀豊饒(ごこくほうじょう)
huge harvest (of the five grains), bumper crop, abundant crop
五言絶句(ごごんぜっく)poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
五言律詩(ごごんりっし)poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
五十知命(ごじゅうちめい)At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. (Confucius)
五体満足(ごたいまんぞく)with no physical defects, in perfectly good health, sound in wind and limb
五月雨式(さみだれしき)off and on manner, intermittent style, dragging on and on
四の五の言う(しのごのいう)to grumble about something (trivial)
五芒星(ごぼうせい)
五紡星(ごぼうせい)
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
五音(ごおん)pentatonic scale
五葉松(ごようまつ)Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai)
五葉(ごよう)Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai), goyoumatsu
五山(ござん)five most important temples of a region
京都五山(きょうとござん)Kyoto Gozan, the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto, as well as Nanzen-ji
むつ五郎(ムツゴロウ)
鯥五郎(ムツゴロウ)
mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris), goggle-eyed goby
五本指(ごほんゆび)top 5 (counting with fingers)
五本指靴下(ごほんゆびくつした)five-toed socks
五本指ソックス(ごほんゆびソックス)five-toed socks
五十日(ごとおび)days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)
五段活用(ごだんかつよう)conjugation (inflection, declension) of godan verbs
葦五位(よしごい)yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
五夜(ごや)the fifth of these periods (approx. 3 am to 5 am)