五: FiveKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ゴ)

• 五ごfive
• 五十ごじゅうfifty; 50
• 五月ごがつMay
• 五輪ごりんOlympic rings; Olympics
• 十五じゅうご15; fifteen
• 五分ごぶhalf; 50%
• 五十三次ごじゅうさんつぎfifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
• 七五三しちごさんfestival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3
• 二十五日にじゅうごにちtwenty-fifth day of the month
• 五人組ごにんぐみfive-family unit; five-man group
• 五体ごたいthe whole body
• 五分五分ごぶごぶas likely as not; 50-50
• 五十音ごじゅうおんthe Japanese syllabary
• 五感ごかんthe five senses
• 五目ごもくmixture of ingredients (originally five)
• 五線ごせんstaff; stave
• 五線譜ごせんふstaff notation
• 五色ごしょくfive colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours
• 五重ごじゅうfive-storied; quintuplicate
• 五重奏ごじゅうそうinstrumental quintet
• 十五日じゅうごにちfifteenth day of the month
• 四分五裂しぶんごれつtorn asunder; disrupted and disorganized
• 四捨五入ししゃごにゅうrounding (fractions); rounding half up
• むつ五郎むつごろうmudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris); goggle-eyed goby
• オール五オールごstraight A's; all A's
• パラ五輪パラごりんParalympics
• モーセの五書モーセのごしょPentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses)
• モーセ五書モーセごしょPentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses)
• リオ五輪リオごりんRio Olympics (2016)
• ロシア五人組ロシアごにんぐみThe Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)
• 一寸の虫にも五分の魂いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましいtread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself
• 一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさいmost thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)
• 七五調しちごちょうseven-and-five-syllable meter
• 三三五五さんさんごごin groups of twos and threes; in small groups
• 三公社五現業さんこうしゃごげんぎょうthree public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)
• 三厭五葷さんえんごくんmeat and the five pungent roots (avoided in Buddhist cuisine)
• 三皇五帝さんこうごていThree Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)
• 上位五番じょういごばんlast five matches of makushita division wrestlers
• 九寸五分くすんごぶdagger
• 九時五時くじごじnine-to-five (working hours); nine to five
• 二五進法にごしんほうbi-quinary system
• 二十五にじゅうごtwenty-five
• 二十五史にじゅうごしTwenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan)
• 五か年ごかねんquinquennial; recurring every five years

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 五ついつつfive
• 五日いつかfifth day of the month
• 五つの小いつつのこfive small things to keep in mind when holding or attending a party during the COVID-19 pandemic (to gather in small numbers, to break it up after about an hour, to talk quietly, to use small dishes for sharing food, to be careful to wear a mask, to ventilate the space, and to wash one's hands); the five smalls
• 五つ子いつつごquintuplets
• 五つ星いつつぼしfive stars (rating)

Other readings

• 三々五々さんさんごごin groups of twos and threes; in small groups
• 五月晴れさつきばれfine weather during the rainy season
• 五月雨さみだれearly-summer rain
• ウラン二三五ウランにひゃくさんじゅうごuranium-235 (U-235)
• 七五三縄しめなわrope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
• 七五三飾しめかざりdecorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year
• 二・五進法にごしんほうbi-quinary system
• 五〇ごじゅうfifty; 50
• 五〇〇ごひゃく500; five hundred
• 五〇〇〇〇〇〇ごひゃくまん5,000,000; five million
• 五カ年ごかねんquinquennial; recurring every five years

Showing the 60 most common of 350 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 五

• 十
• 月
• 日
• 輪
• 目
• 三
• 七
• 二
• 四
• 分
• 年
• 子