五

五 5

Meanings: five, 5 On Readings: ゴ go Kun Readings: いつ itsu, いつ（つ） itsu(tsu) Most Used Pronunciation: go JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 二 Stroke Number: 4

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Common jukugo
五月 - ご　がつ go gatsu - May (5th Month)
五ヶ月 - ご　か　げつ go ka getsu - 5 months [note: So far we have seen that adding a number between 1-12 with 'gatsu' makes the month's names. But here is how to say a duration of months: # + ka + getsu - notice it is 'getsu' not 'gatsu']

Useful Examples
パリの五月に
pari no gogatsu ni
April in Paris

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
This is modern art. 五 is an artist's impression of the number 5. [well, it kind of looks like the number!]

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.