五

Meaning

Five · cinco

Readings

• On (音読み): ゴ
• Kun (訓読み): いつ.つ

Example words

• 五つ（いつつ）— five (things)
• 五月（ごがつ）— May
• 五分（ごふん）— five minutes

Structure

Radical 二 (に · Two) · 4 strokes · school grade 1

Watch out

Things are counted いつつ, but dates and day counts have their own native readings: 五日 is いつか (the 5th; five days). Learn 一日 ついたち … 十日 とおか as one set instead of expecting the digit to carry over, as cinco días would.