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五

See also: 伍 and 𢀑
五 U+4E94, 五
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E94
← 亓
[U+4E93] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 井 →
[U+4E95]
㈤ U+3224, ㈤
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH FIVE
← ㈣
[U+3223] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈥ →
[U+3225]
㊄ U+3284, ㊄
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH FIVE
← ㊃
[U+3283] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊅ →
[U+3285]
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五

Translingual

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Han character

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五 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一木一 (MDM), four-corner 10107, composition ⿱一𫝀 or ⿻丅ユ or ⿻工𠃍)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 257
  • Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 11, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4E94

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 五
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
         
 
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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
吾 *ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙 *ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯 *ŋaː
浯 *ŋaː
珸 *ŋaː
郚 *ŋaː
齬 *ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃 *ŋaː
娪 *ŋaː
梧 *ŋaː
峿 *ŋaː
五 *ŋaːʔ
伍 *ŋaːʔ
寤 *ŋaːs
啎 *ŋaːs
晤 *ŋaːs
悟 *ŋaːs
逜 *ŋaːs
窹 *ŋaːs
捂 *ŋaːs
鋙 *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語 *ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄 *ŋaʔ
敔 *ŋaʔ

Originally written 𠄡, consisting of 㐅 with a bar on the top and bottom. One hypothesis explains that this may have meant five because when counting on a single hand, one first counts to five and then crosses back the other way to ten.

In 韋, the upper component (𫝀) is the stylization of a footprint, hence it is similar but unrelated to 五.

Etymology 1

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alternative forms 伍 financial
㐅
𠄡
𫝀

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ (“five”).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • ng3 - vernacular;
  • u3 - literary (e.g. 五香).
Note:
  • ngô - vernacular;
  • ngū - literary.
Note:
  • ngou5 - vernacular;
  • gou3 - literary.
Note:
  • gō͘/gǒ͘/ňg - vernacular;
  • ngó͘/gó͘/gú - literary.
Note:
  • ngou6 - vernacular;
  • ngou2, u2 - literary.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: ngeu6 / ngu2
      • Sinological IPA: /ŋɛu³³/, /ŋu³¹/
Note:
  • ngeu6 - vernacular;
  • ngu2 - literary.
Note:
  • ng - vernacular;
  • (o)u, wu - literary;
  • 6ng (Hangzhou) - younger speakers only, influenced by nearby lects.
Rime
Character 五
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 疑古切
Baxter nguX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋuoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋuoX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋoX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɔX/
Li
Rong 		/ŋoX/
Wang
Li 		/ŋuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ng5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 五
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nguX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
English five

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 五
Reading # 1/1
No. 13147
Phonetic
component 		五
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		五
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːʔ/

Definitions

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五

  1. five
  2. a surname, Wu (Mainland China, Taiwan) or Ng (Hong Kong)
  3. (printing) The size of type between 小五 (xiǎowǔ) (little 5) and 小四 (xiǎosì) (little 4), standardized as 10½ point.

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Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
Normal
(小寫 / 小写) 		〇, 零, 空 一, 蜀 二, 兩 / 两 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 萬 / 万,
十千 (Malaysia, Singapore) 		百萬 / 百万,
桶(Philippines),
面桶 (Philippines) 		億 / 亿 兆 (Taiwan)
萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial
(大寫 / 大写) 		零 壹 貳 / 贰 參 / 叁 肆 伍 陸 / 陆 柒 捌 玖 拾 佰 仟

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (五):
  • → Japanese: 五(ご) (go)
  • → Korean: 오(五) (o)
  • → Vietnamese: ngũ (五)

Others:

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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五

  1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note la (6).
  2. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note la (6).

Derived terms

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References

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  • “五”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “五”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 236.
  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “五”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 407.

Japanese

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Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : 五

Kanji

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五

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. five

Readings

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  • Go-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
  • Kun: いつ (itsu, 五, Jōyō)、いつつ (itsutsu, 五つ, Jōyō)
  • Nanori: い (i)、さ (sa)、さつ (satsu)、ち (chi)、ふ (fu)、み (mi)、め (me)

Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
五
いつ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *etu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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五(いつ) • (itsu) 

  1. five
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
五
ご
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 五 (MC nguX). Compare modern Hokkien 五 (gō͘ / gǒ͘).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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五(ご) • (go) 

  1. five
  2. a name of a hole of a wind instrument
Coordinate terms
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Japanese numbers
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
0零れい、ゼロrei, zero
1一、壱、弌、壹いちichi
2二、弐、貳、貮にni
3三、参さんsan
4四、肆よん、しyon, shi
5五、伍ごgo
6六、陸ろくroku
7七、漆なな、しちnana, shichi
8八、捌はちhachi
9九、玖きゅう、くkyū, ku
10十、拾じゅうjū
100百、陌、佰ひゃくhyaku
1,000千、阡、仟せんsen
10,000一万、万、一萬、萬いちまん、まんichiman, man
100,000,000一億、億いちおく、おくichioku, oku

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
五
い
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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五(い) • (i) 

  1. five

Korean

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Etymology

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Korean numbers (edit)
50
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Native isol.: 다섯 (daseot)
    Native attr.: 다섯 (daseot), (archaic) 닷 (dat)
    Sino-Korean: 오 (o)
    Hanja: 五
    Ordinal: 다섯째 (daseotjjae)

From Middle Chinese 五 (MC nguX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅌᅩᆼ〯 (Yale: ngwǒ)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 다ᄉᆞᆺ〮 (Yale: tàsós) 오〯 (Yale: wǒ)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [o̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [오(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

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五 (eumhun 다섯 오 (daseot o))

  1. hanja form? of 오 (“five”)

Compounds

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Compounds

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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五: Hán Việt readings: ngũ[1][2][3][4]
五: Nôm readings: ngũ[1][3][5], ngủ[1], ngỗ[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of ngũ (“five”).

Compounds

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. ^ Trần (2004).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bonet (1899).
  4. ^ Génibrel (1898).
  5. ^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

Zhuang

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Numeral

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五

  1. Sawndip form of haj (“five”)
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