What is the Kanji for "Five"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Five", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Five" is "五".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Itsu".

Its onyomi reading is "Go".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "丅" means "Down" . And The radical "ユ" means "Katakana yu" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "五" mean in japanese?

"五" means "Five".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in First Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N5 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

五: "Five". The Japanese noun '五 (ご)' means 'five'. This word is used to represent the cardinal number 5. It can be used in various contexts, such as counting objects, indicating time, or referring to the fifth item in a sequence. For example: I have five apples - (りんごが五つあります). The fifth floor - (五階)

五日: "Five days". The Japanese noun '五日 (いつか)' means 'five days' or 'the fifth (day of the month)'. It refers to a period of five days or indicates the fifth day of a month. For example: It will take five days to finish the project - (このプロジェクトは五日で完成します). Today is the fifth - (今日は五日です).

五つ: "Five". The Japanese noun '五つ (いつつ)' means 'five'. This word is used to indicate the number five, and can be used to count or quantify objects. It is a counter noun, so it is often used with a classifier for the type of object being counted. For example: There are five apples - (りんごが五つある). Five people - (人が五つ).

五十: "Fifty". The Japanese noun '五十 (ごじゅう)' means 'fifty'. It is a cardinal number used to represent the quantity fifty. This word can be used in various contexts, such as indicating someone's age, the number of items, or an amount. For example: I am fifty years old - (私は五十歳です). There are fifty books on the shelf - (本が五十冊棚にあります).

五百: "Five hundred". The Japanese noun '五百 (ごひゃく)' means 'five hundred'. It is used to express the quantity of 500. It can be used to indicate the number of items, amount, or duration. For example: There are five hundred people at the party - (パーティーに五百人います). My house is five hundred years old - (私の家は五百年前のものです).

五千: "Five thousand". The Japanese word '五千 (ごせん)' means 'five thousand'. It represents the cardinal number 5,000 in the Japanese numbering system. This word can be used to specify quantities, measurements, or counts of objects, people, or other entities. For example: There are five thousand yen in this wallet - (この財布には五千円がある). I need to buy five thousand stamps - (五千枚の切手を買う必要がある).

五十音: "Fifty sounds". The noun '五十音 (ごじゅうおん)' refers to the fifty basic sounds or phonemes that make up the Japanese writing system. It encompasses the five vowels and the consonant-vowel combinations that are the foundation of the kana, including hiragana and katakana. The '五十音' is an important concept in Japanese language education and is commonly taught to students learning to read and write in Japanese. For example: I am practicing the fifty sounds - (五十音を練習しています).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu". And The hiragana "ご" is read as "go".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.