伍 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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wǔ

five

Five 五 people 亻; 五 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

wǔ

five

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wǔ

five, company of five; troops; squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Wǔ

surname Wu

Most common words with 伍

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	队伍	ranks
	伍	to associate with
	退伍	to be discharged from military service
	落伍	to be outdated
	入伍	to enlist

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*C.ŋˤaʔ	nguX	wǔ	group of five

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 17.6518% of movies

1179th most common character in movies

1472nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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