伍
wǔWǔ HSK6

five

Five 五 people 亻; 五 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
五
五 SoundMeaning component
wǔ five

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnguXC.ŋˤaʔgroup of five
Zhengzhangŋaːʔ

說文解字

相參伍也。从人从五。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)