Kanji

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

リンゴを五個買いました。

I bought five apples.

にん
教室には生徒が五人います。

There are five students in the classroom.

五十 ごじゅう
彼は五十歳で会社を辞めた。

He quit the company at age fifty.

採る とる
会社は今年、五十名の新入社員を採ることに決めた。

The company decided to hire fifty new employees this year.

十五 じゅうご
彼は十五歳で初めてギターを弾き始めました。

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

ごとに ごとに
このバスは十五分ごとに発車します。

This bus departs every fifteen minutes.

五分 ごぶ
実力は互角で、勝負は五分だ。

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人以上の観客が集まった。

Over five hundred spectators gathered at that concert.

飛んで とんで
会計は一万飛んで五百円になります。

The bill comes to ten thousand five hundred yen.

五つ いつつ
リンゴを五つ買いました。

I bought five apples.

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