Read Edit View history 五 wǔ HSK1 five Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Origin unclear. Originally an X-shape. Pinyin Separate values with commas wǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 五 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 304, 694 ], [ 343, 685 ], [ 400, 686 ], [ 704, 735 ], [ 753, 733 ] ], [ [ 460, 663 ], [ 489, 633 ], [ 483, 587 ], [ 391, 195 ], [ 375, 174 ], [ 362, 168 ] ], [ [ 273, 435 ], [ 308, 428 ], [ 345, 430 ], [ 616, 476 ], [ 654, 467 ], [ 685, 434 ], [ 619, 200 ], [ 592, 179 ] ], [ [ 63, 118 ], [ 138, 97 ], [ 419, 149 ], [ 654, 161 ], [ 855, 153 ], [ 905, 138 ], [ 966, 110 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 499 673 Q 590 688 686 701 Q 750 711 761 720 Q 771 729 767 738 Q 760 753 727 762 Q 693 772 598 744 Q 453 713 314 705 Q 272 701 301 680 Q 340 653 430 664 Q 440 665 452 667 L 499 673 Z", "M 482 468 Q 494 520 507 568 Q 525 635 524 641 Q 512 660 499 673 C 479 695 448 697 452 667 Q 461 625 443 526 Q 436 499 428 460 L 419 421 Q 395 322 357 159 C 350 130 401 136 408 165 Q 442 307 472 429 L 482 468 Z", "M 641 177 Q 678 360 738 416 Q 759 438 741 459 Q 722 475 661 505 Q 640 514 614 505 Q 545 481 482 468 L 428 460 Q 355 450 280 446 Q 261 446 262 434 Q 265 424 286 416 Q 314 401 357 413 Q 388 417 419 421 L 472 429 Q 527 439 584 446 Q 614 452 625 440 Q 643 421 637 384 Q 615 266 585 174 C 576 145 635 148 641 177 Z", "M 357 159 Q 329 158 301 152 Q 159 130 72 134 Q 62 135 53 128 Q 46 121 52 110 Q 64 94 119 62 Q 134 55 156 64 Q 339 130 526 140 Q 670 152 937 99 Q 943 99 949 97 Q 970 93 977 103 Q 984 115 964 132 Q 883 199 844 191 Q 840 191 837 189 Q 807 183 641 177 L 585 174 Q 521 178 408 165 L 357 159 Z" ] } 4 strokes 五 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 297, 696 ], [ 432, 690 ], [ 762, 734 ] ], [ [ 469, 675 ], [ 500, 632 ], [ 496, 600 ], [ 380, 153 ] ], [ [ 269, 438 ], [ 387, 434 ], [ 606, 476 ], [ 678, 449 ], [ 690, 411 ], [ 596, 168 ] ], [ [ 56, 125 ], [ 134, 105 ], [ 434, 145 ], [ 815, 159 ], [ 975, 116 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M509,673C570,681 622,692 686,701C728,708 753,714 761,720C767,726 769,733 767,738C762,749 747,756 727,762C703,769 662,760 598,744C502,721 406,712 314,705C285,704 281,695 301,680C326,663 389,658 462,667C493,671 493,671 509,673Z", "M492,469C535,645 556,622 509,673C498,684 462,683 462,667C469,588 454,530 438,460C432,434 432,434 429,421C413,355 392,269 367,160C364,144 412,148 415,164C437,259 461,348 482,429C489,456 489,456 492,469Z", "M614,505C568,489 534,476 492,469C456,463 456,463 438,460C389,452 330,449 280,446C267,446 260,444 262,434C263,430 270,422 286,416C329,402 385,415 429,421C464,426 464,426 482,429C518,435 546,440 584,446C629,454 642,417 637,384C623,307 604,236 586,176C579,159 637,161 641,179C666,298 699,379 738,416C752,431 754,446 741,459C729,471 700,487 661,505C645,513 628,511 614,505Z", "M72,140C63,140 58,139 53,134C48,130 46,124 52,116C58,106 81,90 119,68C128,64 141,65 156,70C247,103 401,122 526,130C622,137 758,139 937,103C952,100 972,101 977,107C982,115 976,126 964,136C909,182 882,199 844,195C803,192 710,183 641,179C604,177 604,177 586,176C556,175 438,167 405,164C373,161 373,161 357,160C263,153 147,142 72,140Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.