五

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: いつ・いつつ

画数かくすう: 4 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 二(に / two)

Meaning

Five — the number 5. Used in counting


  • 五輪ごりん — the Olympic Games (five rings)
  • 五月病ごがつびょう — post-holiday blues in May
  • 五本ごほん — five long objects
  • 五重塔ごじゅうのとう — five-story pagoda

五感ごかん means the five senses — sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell — a concept found in both science and everyday culture.

五輪ごりん represents the Olympic Games. The five interlocked rings symbolize unity across five continents.

五人ごにん映画えいがました。
We watched a movie with five people.

私は、いつつの時におおきな怪我けがをしました。
I had a serious injury when I was five years old.

The most common reading of 五 is ご, as in 五人ごにん (five people). You might also hear いつつ — but it’s used less often and mostly in traditional counting.

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