五(wǔ): five
HSK 14 strokes
five
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- wǔ
- Meaning
- five; 5
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 五 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿴二？Five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heaven 一 and earth 一
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged enclosing.
How to write 五 step by step
4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Words with 五
Common words using 五 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
Open 一五一十 page →three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend
Open 三皇五帝 page →Related characters
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