五ご

See also: 伍ご and 𢀑

五ご	U+4E94, 五 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E94

← 亓
[U+4E93]

CJK Unified Ideographs

井い →
[U+4E95]

㈤	U+3224, ㈤ PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH FIVE

← ㈣
[U+3223]

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

㈥ →
[U+3225]

㊄	U+3284, ㊄ CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH FIVE

← ㊃
[U+3283]

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months

㊅ →
[U+3285]

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五ご

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

五ご (Kangxi radical 7, 二に+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一木いちき一はじめ (MDM), four-corner 1010₇, composition ⿱一いち𫝀 or ⿻丅ユ or ⿻工こう𠃍)

Derived characters

伍ご, 㕶, 鿉, 㐏, 吾われ, 忢, 𫰌, 𭜐, 𬂡, 𥄬, 𥐳, 𦙗, 𮛉, 𮡨, 𭈔, 𮤴, 𬃂, 𠄼, 𡟿, 𮐌, 𬁶, 𫡲, 𫡵, 𫇩, 𠄶, 𬂽, 𥄪, 𭘣, 𠵥, 𠄲, 𠄻, 𭱷

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 257
Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 11, character 3
Unihan data for U+4E94

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 五ご
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Oracle bone script j29736 j29737 j29738 j29739 j29740 j29741 j29742 j29743 j29744 j29745 j29746 j29747 j29748 j29749 j29750 j29751 j29752 j29753 j29754 j29755 j29756 j29757 j29758 j29759 j29760 j29761 j29762 j29763 j29764 j29765 j29766 j29767 j29768 j29769 j29770 j29771 j29772 j29773 j29774 j29775 j29776 j29777 j29778 j29779 j29780 j29781 Bronze inscriptions b19855 b19856 b19857 b19858 b19859 b19860 b19861 b19862 b19863 b19864 b19865 b19866 b19867 b19868 b19869 b19870 b19871 b19872 b19873 b19874 b19875 b19876 b19877 b19878 b19879 b19880 b19881 b19882 b19883 Small seal script s10919 Transcribed ancient scripts L34450 L34451 L14821 L14822 L14823 L14824 L14825 L14826 L14827 L14828
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (五ご) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
吾われ	ŋraː, ŋaː
衙	ŋraː, ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	ŋaː, ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五ご	*ŋaːʔ
伍ご	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟さとる	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	ŋa, ŋaʔ
語かたり	ŋaʔ, ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Originally written 𠄡, consisting of 㐅 with a bar on the top and bottom. One hypothesis explains that this may have meant five because when counting on a single hand, one first counts to five and then crosses back the other way to ten.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		五ご
alternative forms		伍ご financial 㐅𠄡𫝀

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa (“five”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wu³

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): wù

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): wǔ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ву (vu, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ng⁵

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): m⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): m²

(Yangjiang, Jyutping++): ung²
Gan (Wiktionary): ng³ / u³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ńg

(Meixian, Guangdong): n³
Jin (Wiktionary): vu²
Northern Min (KCR): ngù
Eastern Min (BUC): ngô / ngū
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gō͘ / gǒ͘ / ňg / ngó͘ / gó͘ / gú

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngou⁶ / ngou² / u²

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ngeu⁶ / ngu²
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): ngu⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶ng / ⁴n / ⁴ng / ³ng / ¹u / ⁵u / ³u / ¹ou / ⁴wu
- (Jinhua): ³ng; ³u
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): u³

(Loudi, Wiktionary): u³

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): u³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wu³
  - Yale: wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
  - Palladius: у (u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wu³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vu⁵³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: wù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵³/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: wǔ
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): wu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u¹¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ву (vu, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vou⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ng⁵
  - Yale: ńgh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: m⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: m²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩⁵⁵/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
  - Jyutping++: ung²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʊŋ²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ng³ / u³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹³/, /u²¹³/

Note:

ng3 - vernacular;
u3 - literary (e.g. 五香ごこう).

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: n³
  - Sinological IPA: /n̩³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: vu²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vu⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngô / ngū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou²⁴²/, /ŋu³³/

Note:

ngô - vernacular;
ngū - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Zhangpu, Yongchun, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Sanxia, Magong, Kinmen, Penang, Singapore, Klang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘
  - Tâi-lô: gōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: go
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /ɡɔu³³/
  - IPA (Changtai): /ɡeu²²/
  - IPA (Penang): /ɡɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Kinmen, Singapore): /ɡɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /ɡɔ³³/
  - IPA (Klang): /ɡɔ³¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Lukang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: gǒo
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Lukang, Philippines): /ɡɔ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Nan'an, Hui'an): /ɡɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ňg
  - Tâi-lô: ňg
  - IPA (Longyan): /ŋ̍⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘
  - Tâi-lô: ngóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Penang): /ŋɔ⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Zhangpu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘
  - Tâi-lô: góo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gor
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /ɡɔu⁵³/
  - IPA (Hui'an): /ɡɔ⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gú
  - Tâi-lô: gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: guo
  - IPA (Longyan): /ɡu²¹/

Note:

gō͘/gǒ͘/ňg - vernacular;
ngó͘/gó͘/gú - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ngou⁶ / ngou² / u²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏu / ngóu / ú
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou³⁵/, /ŋou⁵²/, /u⁵²/

Note:

ngou6 - vernacular;
ngou2, u2 - literary.

(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: ngeu⁶ / ngu²
- Sinological IPA: /ŋɛu³³/, /ŋu³¹/

Note:

ngeu6 - vernacular;
ngu2 - literary.

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: ngu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ng
  - MiniDict: ng^去さ
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhngg
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋ̍²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ŋ̍¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ŋ̍²³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ŋ̍¹¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ŋ̍¹¹³/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ⁴n
  - MiniDict: n^上うえ
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦn̩²⁴²/
- (Northern: Jiading, Jiaxing, Haining, Haiyan, Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁴ng
  - MiniDict: ng^上うえ
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ŋ̍¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ŋ̍²¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /ŋ̍⁴²/
  - Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /ŋ̍²³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ŋ̍¹¹³/
- (Northern: Changzhou, Tongxiang)
  - Wugniu: ³ng
  - MiniDict: 'ng^上うえ
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ŋ̍⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /ŋ̍⁵³/
- (Northern: Shanghai, Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ¹u
  - MiniDict: u^平ひらた
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹u
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ʔu⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading)
  - Wugniu: ⁵u
  - MiniDict: u^去さ
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²u
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /u³⁴/
- (Northern: Jiading, Changzhou, Tongxiang, Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³u
  - MiniDict: u^上うえ
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /u³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /u⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /u⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /u⁵³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹ou
  - MiniDict: ou^平ひらた
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /əu⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing, Haining, Haiyan, Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁴wu
  - MiniDict: wu^上うえ
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɦu²¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /ɦu⁴²/
  - Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /ɦu²³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ɦu¹¹³/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ³ng; ³u
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /ŋ̍⁵³⁵/, /u⁵³⁵/

Note:

ng - vernacular;
(o)u, wu - literary;
⁶ng (Hangzhou) - younger speakers only, influenced by nearby lects.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: u³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁴¹/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: u³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁴²/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: u³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³³/

Middle Chinese: nguX

Rime
Character	五ご
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	疑うたぐ (31)
Final (韻いん)	模も (23)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	I
Fanqie	疑うたぐ古ふる切きり
Baxter	nguX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ^X/
Li Rong	/ŋo^X/
Wang Li	/ŋu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤaʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	五ご
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ ngu^X ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
English	five
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	五ご
Reading #	1/1
No.	13147
Phonetic component	五ご
Rime group	魚さかな
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	五ご
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːʔ/

Definitions

五ご

five
a surname. Wu (mainland China, Taiwan), Ng (Hong Kong)
(printing) The size of type between 小五しょうご (xiǎowǔ) (little 5) and 小しょう四よん (xiǎosì) (little 4), standardized as 10½ point.

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (五ご):

→ Japanese: 五ご(ご) (go)
→ Korean: 오(五ご) (o)
→ Vietnamese: ngũ (五ご)

Others:

→ Proto-Tai: *haːꟲ (“five”)
- Northern Tai
  - Bouyei: hac
  - Saek: ฮ̂า
  - Tai Do: ha
  - Zhuang: haj
- Central Tai
  - Nùng: hà
  - Tày: hả
- Southwestern Tai
  - Ahom: 𑜑𑜡 (hā)
  - Lao: ຫ້າ (hā)
  - Lü: ᦠᦱᧉ (ḣaa²)
  - Northern Thai: ᩉ᩶ᩣ
  - Shan: ႁႃႈ (hāa)
  - Tai Dam: ꪬ꫁ꪱ
  - Tai Nüa: ᥞᥣᥲ (hàa)
  - Thai: ห้า (hâa)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		五ご

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wu³
  - Yale: wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
  - Palladius: у (u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wu¹
  - Yale: wū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵/

Definitions

五ご

(music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note la (6).
(music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note la (6).

Derived terms

伍ご (wǔ)
鿉 (wǔ)

References

“五ご”, in 漢語かんご多功たこう能のう字じ庫こ (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港ほんこん中ちゅう文ぶん大學だいがく (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

**Japanese cardinal numbers**
< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : 五ご

Kanji

五ご

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

five

Readings

Go-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ご (go, Jōyō)
Kun: いつ (itsu, 五ご, Jōyō); いつつ (itsutsu, 五いつつ, Jōyō)
Nanori: い (i); さ (sa); さつ (satsu); ち (chi); ふ (fu); み (mi); め (me)

Compounds

五ご(ご)節ふし(せっ)句く(く) (gosekku, “the five seasonal festivals of the Japanese calendar”)
五ご(ご)悪あく(あく) (Goaku, “(Buddhism) the Five Evils”)
五ご(ご)位くらい(い)鷺さぎ(さぎ) (goisagi), 五ご(ゴ)位くらい(イ)鷺さぎ(サギ) (goisagi, “night heron”)
五ご(ご)十じゅう(じっ)歩ふ(ぽ)百ひゃく(ひゃっ)歩ふ(ぽ) (gojippo hyappo), 五ご(ご)十じゅう(じゅっ)歩ふ(ぽ)百ひゃく(ひゃっ)歩ふ(ぽ) (gojuppo hyappo)
五ご(ご)音おと(おん)音おと(おん)階かい(かい) (gōn onkai, “pentatonic scale”)
五ご(ご)戒(かい) (Gokai, “(Buddhism) the Five Precepts”)
五ご(ご)角かく(かく)形かたち(けい) (gokakukei), 五ご(ご)角かく(かっ)形かたち(けい) (gokakkei, “pentagon”)
五ご(ご)官かん(かん) (gokan, “the five sense organs”)
五ご(ご)感かん(かん) (gokan, “the five senses”)
五ご(ご)経けい(きょう) (Gokyō, “(Confucianism) Four Books and Five Classics”)
五ご(ご)桁けた(けた) (goketa)
五ご(ご)月つき(がつ) (gogatsu), 五ご(さつ)月つき(き) (satsuki), 五ご(サツ)月つき(キ) (satsuki, “May”)
五ご(ご)言げん(ごん)絶ぜっ(ぜっ)句く(く) (gogonzekku)
五ご(ご)言げん(ごん)律りつ(りっ)詩し(し) (gogonrisshi)
五ご(ご)更さら(こう) (gokō)
五ご(ご)行くだり(ぎょう) (Gogyō, “Wu Xing”)
五ご(ご)穀こく(こく) (gokoku)
五ご(ご)彩いろどり(さい) (gosai)
五ご(ご)指ゆび(し) (goshi, “five fingers”)
五ご(ご)種たね(しゅ)競きおい(きょう)技わざ(ぎ) (goshu kyōgi, “pentathlon”)
五ご(いつ)重おも(え) (itsue)
五ご(ご)旬しゅん(じゅん)節ふし(せつ) (gojunsetsu)
五ご(ご)書しょ(しょ) (gosho)
五ご(ご)女おんな(じょ) (gojo)
五ご(ご)常つね(じょう) (Gojō, “the five Confucian virtues”)
五ご(ご)情じょう(じょう) (Gojō, “the Five Passions”)
五ご(ご)色いろ(しき) (goshiki)
五ご(ご)人ひと(にん)組くみ(ぐみ) (Goningumi, “Five Households (Edo era civil defence units)”)
五ご(ご)人ひと(にん)囃(ばや)子こ(し) (goninbayashi)
五ご(ご)寸すん(すん)釘くぎ(くぎ) (gosun kugi, “a long nail, roughly 15 cm in length”)
五ご(ご)節ふし(せつ) (gosetsu)
五ご(ご)線せん(せん) (gosen)
五ご(ご)臓(ぞう) (gozō)
五ご(ご)体からだ(たい) (gotai)
五ご(ご)段だん(だん) (godan)
五ご(ご)男おとこ(なん) (gonan)
五ご(ご)斗と(と)米べい(べい) (gotobei)
五ご(ご)徳とく(とく) (gotoku)
五倍子ふし(ふし) (fushi)
五ご(ご)風ふう(ふう)十じゅう(じゅう)雨あめ(う) (gofū jūu)
五ご(ご)分ぶん(ぶ) (gobu), 五ご(ご)分ぶん(ふん) (gofun), 五ご(ご)分ぶん(ぶん) (gobun)
五ご(ご)辺あたり(へん)形かたち(けい) (gohenkei)
五ご(ご)面めん(めん)体からだ(たい) (gomentai, “pentahedron”)
五ご(ご)目め(もく) (gomoku, “mixture”)
五ご(ご)里さと(り)霧きり(む)中なか(ちゅう) (gori muchū)
五ご(ご)稜りょう(りょう)郭かく(かく) (Goryōkaku, “Goryōkaku, a star-shaped fort in Hakodate”)
五ご(ご)稜りょう(りょう)堡(ほ) (goryōho)
五ご(ご)倫りん(りん) (Gorin, “Gorin, the five Confucian virtues”)
五ご(ご)輪わ(りん) (Gorin, “Olympics”)
五ご(ご)芒すすき(ぼう) (gobō, “pentagram”)
弦つる(げん)楽らく(がく)五ご(ご)重おも(じゅう)奏そう(そう) (gengaku gojūsō, “string quintet”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
五ご
いつ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *etu.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いつ [íꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [it͡sɨ]

Noun

五ご(いつ) • (itsu)

five

Derived terms

五ご(いつ)つ (itsutsu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
五ご
ご Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 五ご (MC nguX). Compare modern Hokkien reading gō͘.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ご [góꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞]

Audio: (file)

Noun

五ご(ご) • (go)

five
a name of a hole of a wind instrument

Coordinate terms

Japanese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Regular	零れい(れい) (rei) 零れい(ゼロ) (zero)	一いち(いち) (ichi)	二に(に) (ni)	三さん(さん) (san)	四よん(よん) (yon) 四よん(し) (shi)	五ご(ご) (go)	六ろく(ろく) (roku)	七なな(なな) (nana) 七なな(しち) (shichi)	八はち(はち) (hachi)	九きゅう(きゅう) (kyū) 九きゅう(く) (ku)	十じゅう(じゅう) (jū)
Formal	零れい(れい) (rei) 零れい(ゼロ) (zero)	壱いち(いち) (ichi)	弐に(に) (ni)	参まいり(さん) (san)	四よん(よん) (yon) 四よん(し) (shi)	五ご(ご) (go)	六ろく(ろく) (roku)	七なな(なな) (nana) 七なな(しち) (shichi)	八はち(はち) (hachi)	九きゅう(きゅう) (kyū) 九きゅう(く) (ku)	拾ひろえ(じゅう) (jū)
	90	100	300	600	800	1,000	3,000	8,000	10,000	100,000,000
Regular	九きゅう(きゅう)十じゅう(じゅう) (kyūjū)	百ひゃく(ひゃく) (hyaku) 一いち(いっ)百ひゃく(ぴゃく) (ippyaku)	三さん(さん)百ひゃく(びゃく) (sanbyaku)	六ろく(ろっ)百ひゃく(ぴゃく) (roppyaku)	八はち(はっ)百ひゃく(ぴゃく) (happyaku)	千せん(せん) (sen) 一いち(いっ)千せん(せん) (issen)	三さん(さん)千せん(ぜん) (sanzen)	八はち(はっ)千せん(せん) (hassen)	一いち(いち)万まん(まん) (ichiman)	一いち(いち)億おく(おく) (ichioku)
Formal	九きゅう(きゅう)十じゅう(じゅう) (kyūjū)	百ひゃく(ひゃく) (hyaku) 一いち(いっ)百ひゃく(ぴゃく) (ippyaku)	三さん(さん)百ひゃく(びゃく) (sanbyaku)	六ろく(ろっ)百ひゃく(ぴゃく) (roppyaku)	八はち(はっ)百ひゃく(ぴゃく) (happyaku)	千せん(せん) (sen) 一いち(いっ)千せん(せん) (issen)	三さん(さん)千せん(ぜん) (sanzen)	八はち(はっ)千せん(せん) (hassen)	一いち(いち)萬まん(まん) (ichiman)	一いち(いち)億おく(おく) (ichioku)
	10¹²	8×10¹²	10¹³	10¹⁶	6×10¹⁶	8×10¹⁶	10¹⁷	10¹⁸
	一いち(いっ)兆ちょう(ちょう) (itchō)	八はち(はっ)兆ちょう(ちょう) (hatchō)	十じゅう(じゅっ)兆ちょう(ちょう) (jutchō)	一いち(いっ)京きょう(けい) (ikkei)	六ろく(ろっ)京きょう(けい) (rokkei)	八はち(はっ)京きょう(けい) (hakkei)	十じゅう(じゅっ)京きょう(けい) (jukkei)	百ひゃく(ひゃっ)京きょう(けい) (hyakkei)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
五ご
い Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

五ご(い) • (i)

five

Korean

Etymology

**Korean numbers ^(edit)**
	50
← 4	5	6 →
Native isol.: 다섯 (daseot) Native attr.: 다섯 (daseot), (archaic) 닷 (dat) Sino-Korean: 오 (o) Hanja: 五ご Ordinal: 다섯째 (daseotjjae)

From Middle Chinese 五ご (MC nguX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᅌᅩᆼ〯 (Yale: ngwǒ)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527^[2]	다ᄉᆞᆺ〮 (Yale: tàsós)	오〯 (Yale: wǒ)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [o̞(ː)]
Phonetic hangul: [오(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

五ご

Wikisource

五ご (eumhun 다섯 오 (daseot o))

hanja form^? of 오 (“five”)

Compounds

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際こくさい退すさ溪けい學會がっかい大邱たいきゅう慶けい北きた支部しぶ) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子でんし字典じてん. [3]

Vietnamese

Han character

五ご: Hán Việt readings: ngũ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
五ご: Nôm readings: ngũ^[1]^[3]^[5], ngủ^[1], ngỗ^[1]

chữ Hán form of ngũ (“five”).

Compounds

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
^ Trần (2004).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Bonet (1899).
^ Génibrel (1898).
^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

Zhuang

Numeral

五ご

Sawndip form of haj (“five”)

[tdcntd-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-2] Trần (2004).

[bonet-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-4] Génibrel (1898).

[taberd-5] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	10²	10³	10⁴	10⁶	10⁸	10¹²
Normal (小しょう寫うつし／小しょう写うつし)	〇, 零れい, 空そら	一いち, 蜀しょく	二に, 兩りょう／两	三さん	四よん	五ご	六ろく	七なな	八はち	九きゅう	十じゅう	百ひゃく	千せん	萬まん／万まん, 十じゅう千せん (Malaysia, Singapore)	百ひゃく萬まん／百ひゃく万まん, 桶おけ(Philippines), 面めん桶おけ (Philippines)	億おく／亿	兆ちょう (Taiwan) 萬まん億おく／万まん亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大だい寫うつし／大だい写うつし)	零れい	壹いち	貳に／贰	參まいり／叁	肆	伍ご	陸りく／陆	柒	捌	玖	拾ひろえ	佰	仟	萬まん／万まん, 十じゅう千せん (Malaysia, Singapore)	百ひゃく萬まん／百ひゃく万まん, 桶おけ(Philippines), 面めん桶おけ (Philippines)	億おく／亿	兆ちょう (Taiwan) 萬まん億おく／万まん亿 (Mainland China)

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