五 (wǔ): meaning and stroke order
五 (wǔ) means five, 5.
五
- Simplified
- 五
- Traditional
- 五 (same form)
- Pinyin
- wǔ
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Stroke order of 五
五
- wǔ five; 5
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 五
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wǔ
- five
- 5
Radical and structure
- 五
- Radical 二 (Kangxi radical 7) · 4 strokes · 一 on top, 𫝀 below
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Words with 五
- 五十 wǔ shí fifty
- 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15
- 第五 dì wǔ fifth
- 星期五 Xīng qī wǔ Friday
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
五 in our stories
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他家有五个人。
tā jiā yǒu wǔ gè rén
There are five people in his family.
From the story A photo HSK 1
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保罗看了看，他在五号门！
Bǎoluó kàn le kàn tā zài wǔ hào mén
Paul looked around: he was at gate five!
From the story At the airport HSK 2
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可是会议开始前五分钟，他的电脑突然没电了，充电器也忘在了酒店。
kěshì huìyì kāishǐ qián wǔ fēnzhōng tā de diànnǎo tūrán méi diàn le chōngdiànqì yě wàng zài le jiǔdiàn
But five minutes before the meeting his laptop suddenly died, and he had left the charger at the hotel.
From the story Three circles HSK 4
Stories using 五
- A photo HSK 1
- At the airport HSK 2
- Three circles HSK 4
- Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
- A second chance HSK 5
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).