What does the kanji 五 mean?

The kanji 五 (itsutsu) means "five, 5". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "itsutsu"?

"itsutsu" is written with the kanji 五, meaning "five, 5". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) ご (go), kunyomi (native Japanese) いつつ (itsutsu). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 五?

Write 五 ("five") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 五?

五 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) ご (go), kunyomi (native Japanese) いつつ (itsutsu).

五“five” Kanjiitsutsu / go

JLPT N5

How to write 五

五 (five) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

five, 5

Onyomi (音読み)

ご go

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

いつ（つ） itsu(tsu)

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 五

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

これを五ご枚まいコピーします。
I will print out 5 copies of this.
五 (ご)
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スイスでは五月ごがつに春はるがくる。
In Switzerland, spring comes in May.
五月 (ごがつ)
JP#215152bybunbukuEN#52450byCKCC BY 2.0 FR Tatoeba Project
バスは五ご分ふん後ごに発車はっしゃします。
The bus leaves in five minutes.
五 (ご)
JP#198114bybunbukuEN#35305byCKCC BY 2.0 FR Tatoeba Project

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Read 五 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.