五

Pronunciation
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes4 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 4 strokes
Traditional Strokes 4 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

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Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper Radical: Two (èr) Five; Kangxi Stroke Count: 4; Page: Page 86, Entry 11 Ancient text: [Tangyun] [Yunhui] "yi gu qie" [Jiyun] [Zhengyun] "ruan gu qie", pronounced wu. [Zengyun] The number in the middle. [Book of Changes, Xi Ci] The number of Heaven is five, the number of Earth is five. [Book of Documents, Wu Cheng] Ranks are only five. [Book of Odes, Yong Feng] Fine horses, five of them. Also, ge wu. [Later Han, Liang Ji Zhuan] Capable of wrestling, chess, ge wu, liubo, cuju, and yiqian games. [Note] To block each other in chess is called "ji". Ji has four types. Ji bai cheng wu is one. When it reaches five, one cannot move. Also [Xin Shi San Qin Ji] Cheng Nan Wei Du, five chi from the sky. Also, the fifteenth night is called san wu. [Xie Lingyun Poems] The appointment is on the san wu evening. [Cui Shu Poems] Midwinter is san wu, sun and moon gaze at each other from afar. Also a surname. Han Wu Jing. Also Wu Di, Wu Lu, both are compound surnames. Cui Shu's "Early Departure from Jiaoya Mountain, Returning to Taishe": Midwinter is san wu, sun and moon gaze at each other from afar.

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