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五ご

ご

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 200

Meanings

1

numeric

The number five. The reading ご is standard; いつ and い are archaic or limited to specific compounds.

りんごを五いつつください。
Please give me five apples.
五ご時じに会あいましょう。
Let's meet at five o'clock.

Written forms

五Usage23%
- ご
  Standard kanji spelling for the number five.
- いつ
- い
５Usage76%
- ご
  Arabic numeral spelling, common in horizontal writing and lists.
- いつ
- い
伍Usage<1%
- ご
  Formal kanji used in legal and financial documents to prevent forgery.
- い
- いつ
ゴUsage<1%
いつUsage0%
い

Kanji

五five
伍five, five-man squad, file

Etymology

Native Japanese numeral. The kanji 五 is a pictograph of a counting symbol. The reading ご is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi; いつ is the native kun'yomi, now mostly used in compounds like 五日 (いつか).