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伍

伍 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “five”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 五 (five).

Keyword
five
Pinyin (Mandarin)
wǔ
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
five, company of five, компания из пяти человек, company of five
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
伍 v

Decomposition

ids

  1. 亻 person
  2. radical number 9
  3. 五 five

How to find 伍 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “five”. 伍 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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