Kanji

五

five

Kanji

Grade

Grade 1

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

二部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

いつ, いつつ

Nanori (Name Reading)

い, いず, いつ, かず, ゆき

Common Readings

ゴ, いつ, いつ…つ

Example sentences

リンゴ 買いました

I bought five apples.

にん
教室 生徒 います

There are five students in the classroom.

五十 ごじゅう
五十 会社 辞めた

He quit the company at age fifty.

採る とる
会社 今年 五十 新入社員 採る こと 決めた

The company decided to hire fifty new employees this year.

十五 じゅうご
十五 初めて ギター 弾き始めました

He started playing the guitar for the first time at the age of fifteen.

ごとに ごとに
この バス 十五 ごとに 発車 します

This bus departs every fifteen minutes.

五分 ごぶ
実力 互角 勝負 五分

Their skills are equal, and the match is fifty-fifty.

五百 ごひゃく
その コンサート には 五百 以上 観客 集まった

Over five hundred spectators gathered at that concert.

飛んで とんで
会計 一万 飛んで 五百 なります

The bill comes to ten thousand five hundred yen.

五つ いつつ
リンゴ 五つ 買いました

I bought five apples.

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