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IDENTITY

five

HSK 1Top 300

CORE MEANING

five

Part of speech
numeral
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.fiveHSK1

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
two radical (èr)
strokes
4
Structure
single structure
IDS sequence
⿱一𫝀
    • part of the structure
    • part of the structure

USAGE

Common words

五月wǔyuèMay
星期五xīngqīwǔFriday

Graded examples

  • 现在五点。Xiànzài wǔ diǎn.HSK1

    It is five o’clock now.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

Five strokes crossing — the number five. (Old: a spindle crossing between threads.)

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#300
Memory aid
imagery

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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