伍 (wǔ)
squad of five soldiers/association/the number five (formal)
How 伍 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 伍
- Simplified
- 伍 (unchanged)
Components
- 亻 human
- 一 one
- 力 power/force
Common words using 伍
- 隊伍 duìwǔ
- ranks; troops; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 入伍 rùwǔ
- to enter the army; to enlist
- 為伍 wéiwǔ
- to associate with; to keep company with
- 落伍 luòwǔ
- to fall behind the ranks; to be outdated
- 退伍 tuìwǔ
- to retire from service
- 伍子胥 wǔzǐxū
- Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu; famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫
- 伍家崗 wǔjiāgǎng
- Wujiagang district of Yichang city 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 shi4], Hubei
伍 in a sentence
請大家排好隊伍，不要插隊。
Qǐng dàjiā pái hǎo duìwǔ, búyào chāduì.
“Everyone please line up properly and don't cut in line.”
How common is 伍?
伍 is the 1,470th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.3% of all running text.
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