五 (wǔ)
Five.
How 五 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Traditional
- 五
- Simplified
- 五 (unchanged)
Components
Common words using 五
- 五一 wǔyī
- 5-1 (May 1st)
- 五十 wǔshí
- fifty
- 五彩 wǔcǎi
- five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored
- 五星 wǔxīng
- the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
- 五星級 wǔxīngjí
- five-star (hotel)
- 五月 wǔyuè
- May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
- 五糧液 wǔliángyè
- Wuliangye liquor; Five Grain liquor
- 五花肉 wǔhuāròu
- streaky pork
- 十五 shíwǔ
- fifteen; 15
- 星期五 xīngqīwǔ
- Friday
- 第五 dìwǔ
- fifth
- 週五 zhōuwǔ
- Friday
五 in a sentence
請給我五個包子。
Qǐng gěi wǒ wǔ ge bāozi.
“Please give me five steamed buns.”
How common is 五?
五 is the 279th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 63% of all running text.
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