five
五 represents the number five, a fundamental numeral.
五 is an ancient numeral character. Its original form may have depicted a crossed arrangement of lines representing the number five, though the exact pictographic origin is not fully clear.
The four strokes of 五 form a simple, balanced shape that looks like a tally mark for five.
For ゴ, imagine five golden rings: go -> ゴ, and the five rings match the number five.
five; 5
Olympic Games; Olympics
fifth month of the lunar calendar
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the five senses
early-summer rain
the whole body
the Japanese syllabary
five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes
rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero
five-sided fortification
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing
age fifty; one's fifties
five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void)
five-storied pagoda
five most important temples of a region
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
huge harvest (of the five grains); bumper crop; abundant crop