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五

五 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “five”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 5. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword
five
RTK frame
5
Strokes
4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゴ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いつ, いつ.つ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пять
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
五 five

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 五

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