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KanjiN5Grade 1 · 小14 strokesRadical 二#31 in newspapers

五 · five

五 is a kanji meaning five. It has 4 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ゴgo

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • いつitsu
  • いつつitsutsu

Practise the N5 kanji

In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 五 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 五
WordReadingMeaningLevel
五日いつかfive days; fifth day of the monthN5
五ついつつfive thingsN5
五ごfiveN5
五十音ごじゅうおんthe Japanese syllabaryN2
四捨五入ししゃごにゅうrounding up (fractions)N2

Example sentence

ここに五本の鉛筆がある。

ここにごほんのえんぴつがある

There are five pencils here.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #224428 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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4 strokes
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  4. 4