Five in Chinese (Mandarin): 五 (wǔ)
5️⃣
五
wǔ
five
- Simplified
- 五
- Traditional
- 五
- Pinyin
- wǔ
- Typed as
- wu
Use it in a sentence
一只手有五根手指。
一隻手有五根手指。
One hand has five fingers.
The characters in 五
五
Five.
4 strokes
Third tone. 五颜六色 (wǔ yán liù sè), "five colors, six hues", means very colorful.
More examples with 五
我有五个苹果。
我有五個蘋果。
Wǒ yǒu wǔ gè píngguǒ.
I have five apples.
五颜六色的花。
五顏六色的花。
Wǔ yán liù sè de huā.
Flowers of every color.
How to write 五 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
五 4 strokes
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