5

See also: 5′, ƽ, Ƽ, 5̂, ら, 5., and ⑤

Text style	Emoji style
5︎	5️
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
5 U+0035, 5 DIGIT FIVE ← 4 [U+0034] Basic Latin 6 → [U+0036]

Character variations

⁵ U+2075, ⁵ SUPERSCRIPT FIVE ← ⁴ [U+2074] Superscripts and Subscripts ⁶ → [U+2076]

₅ U+2085, ₅ SUBSCRIPT FIVE ← ₄ [U+2084] Superscripts and Subscripts ₆ → [U+2086]

５ U+FF15, ５ FULLWIDTH DIGIT FIVE ← ４ [U+FF14] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ６ → [U+FF16]

𜳵 U+1CCF5, 𜳵 OUTLINED DIGIT FIVE ← 𜳴 [U+1CCF4] Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement 𜳶 → [U+1CCF6]

𝟻 U+1D7FB, 𝟻 MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE DIGIT FIVE ← 𝟺 [U+1D7FA] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟼 → [U+1D7FC]

🯵 U+1FBF5, 🯵 SEGMENTED DIGIT FIVE ← 🯴 [U+1FBF4] Symbols for Legacy Computing 🯶 → [U+1FBF6]

Translingual

Glyph origin

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari ५ (5)). See 5 § Evolution of the Arabic digit for more.

Symbol

5 (prev 4, next 6)

1. The cardinal number five.
2. A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal.
3. (phonetics, often superscript) the pitch of a tone, either high or low depending on local convention; '5' is most commonly the highest or lowest pitch (but see 6)

   Synonyms: ˥, ˩

4. (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 5, typically identified with dark departing yin qu (陰去)

   Synonym: ꜄

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Lining digit 5.
• 
  Oldstyle 5 in Fraktur script.

Alternative forms

The following are equivalent forms as digits:

• Aegean numerals: 𐄋
• Arabic (Eastern) numerals: ٥
• Arabic (Western) numerals: 5
• Assamese numerals: ৫
• Balinese numerals: ᭕
• Bengali numerals: ৫
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁫
• Chakma numerals: 𑄻
• Cham numerals: ꩕
• Devanagari numerals: ५
• Dhives Akuru numerals: 𑥕
• Garay numerals: 𐵅
• Gujarati numerals: ૫
• Gurmukhi numerals: ੫
• Indic Siyaq numerals: 𞱵
• Hanifi Rohingya numerals: 𐴵
• Javanese numerals: ꧕
• Kaktovik numerals: 𝋅
• Kannada numerals: ೫
• Kawi numerals: 𑽔
• Kayah Li numerals: ꤅
• Khmer numerals: ៥
• Khudawadi numerals: 𑋵
• Lanna numerals: (secular) ᪅, (religious) ᪕
• Lao numerals: ໕
• Lepcha numerals: ᱅
• Limbu numerals: ᥋
• Malayalam numerals: ൫
• Maya numerals: 𝋥
• Mende Kikakui numerals: 𞣋
• Meroitic cursive numerals: 𐧄
• Meitei numerals: ꯵
• Mongolian numerals: ᠕
• Myanmar numerals: ၅
• N'Ko numerals: ߅
• Ol Chiki numerals: ᱕
• Odia numerals: ୫
• Osmanya numerals: 𐒥
• Ottoman Siyaq numerals: 𞴅
• Pahawh Hmong numerals: 𖭕
• Persian numerals: ۵
• Saurashtra numerals: ꣕
• Sharada numerals: 𑇕
• Sinhalese numerals: ෫
• Sundanese numerals: ᮵
• Takri numerals: 𑛅
• Tamil numerals: ௫
• Telugu numerals: ౫
• Thai numerals: ๕
• Tibetan numerals: ༥
• Tirhuta numerals: 𑓕
• Warang Citi numerals: 𑣥

The following are only equivalent as representations of the cardinal number:

• Armenian numerals: Ե
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁖
• Chinese numerals: 伍, 五
• CJK tally marks: 𝍶
• Counting rod numerals: 𝍤
• Egyptian numerals: 𓏾
• Ethiopic numerals: ፭
• Gothic numerals: 𐌴
• Greek numerals: Ε΄, ε΄
• Hebrew numerals: ה
• Old Persian numerals: 𐏒𐏒𐏑
• Roman numerals: V, v
• Sinhalese numerals: 𑇥
• Tally marks: 𝍸

See also

• (Arabic digits): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Other representations of 5:

Morse code: ····· Braille: ⠑

Signal flag (ICS and NATO):

Semaphore: After showing "numeric"

English

Noun

5 (plural 5s)

1. (sports, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 540. (540° spin)

See also

• 5-cell
• 5-gon
• 5-over-1
• Camp 5
• Zone 5 Poblacion

Chinese

Etymology

五 (ng5, “five”) and 唔 (m4, “not”) are near homophones.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): m⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: m⁴
    • Yale: m̀h
    • Cantonese Pinyin: m⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: m⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩²¹/

Adverb

5

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, leetspeak) alternative form of 唔 (m4, “not”)