Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1881 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: five, five-man squad, file, line

Kunyomi: いつつ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: man, human

Examples

Onyomi Examples

company, group, class, troop, rank, file

five, 5

タイゴ rank (of troops), line, formation, array, procession

ラクゴ straggling, falling behind, being left behind, dropping out, falling behind the ranks, falling out of line

Kunyomi Examples

五つ いつつ five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)