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伍 = 亻 + 五

伍 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “v”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 五 (five). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2972.

Keyword
v
RTK frame
2972
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゴ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いつつ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
five
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
伍 five

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 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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