Chinese Character Wiki
五

wǔ

five

Origin unclear. Originally an X-shape.

Evolution

五 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
五 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
五 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
五 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
五 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

五  

wǔ

five; surname; 5

Most common words with 五
Freq.
Word
Meaning

五

5

周五

Friday

五月

May

星期五

Friday

第五

fifth

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

伍

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

吾 伍

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.ŋˤaʔ

nguX

wǔ

five


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 62.9665% of movies

540th most common character in movies

279th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+4E94

Shuowen

“五，五行也。从二。陰陽在天地間交午也。，古文五省。”


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