N5 Kanji Course

Teacher

Marshall

N5 Kanji 5: 五

Meaning of kanji 五:

In Japanese, 五 means “five”.

How to read kanji 五:

Kunyomi	いつ
Onyomi	ご

How to write kanji 五:

Origin of kanji 五:

It’s okay to use lines to stand for one, two, three, but it is not convenient to stand for five, so we use X to stand for five.

Development of kanji 五:

Vocabulary containing kanji 五:

Word	Reading	Meaning
五	ご	five (number)
五つ	いつつ	five (counter)
五十	ごじゅう	fifty
五百	ごひゃく	five hundred
五千	ごせん	five thousand
五月	ごがつ	May

Example Sentences of kanji 五:

この箱はこにはりんごが五いつつ入はいっている。
There are five apples in this box.

その列車れっしゃは時じ速そく五十マイルの速はやさで走はしっている。
The train is traveling at the rate of 50 miles an hour.

この会社かいしゃは五ご百ひゃく人にんいます。
This company has 500 people.

私わたしは五ご千せん円えんしか持もっていない。
I’ve got no more than 5,000 yen.

五ご月がつに日に本ほんへ行いきます。
I’m going to Japan in May.

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