五 — five

Readings

On'yomi

ゴ

Kun'yomi

いついつ.つ

Example words

• 五ごfive
• 五ついつつfive
• 五十音ごじゅうおんthe Japanese syllabary
• 四捨五入ししゃごにゅうrounding half up (i.e. fractions)
• 五日いつか(1) the fifth day of the month (2) five days
• 五味ごみ(1) five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes (2) five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); the five periods of the Buddha's teachings