伍

See also: 五

伍 U+4F0D, 伍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F0D ← 伌 [U+4F0C] CJK Unified Ideographs 伎 → [U+4F0E]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

伍 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人一木一 (OMDM), four-corner 2121₇, composition ⿰亻五)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 435
• Dae Jaweon: page 202, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 118, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F0D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伍
Small seal script s05781 Transcribed ancient scripts L34452 L14830 L14831
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (五) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
吾	*ŋraː, *ŋaː
衙	*ŋraː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鼯	*ŋaː
浯	*ŋaː
珸	*ŋaː
郚	*ŋaː
齬	*ŋaː, *ŋa, *ŋaʔ
鯃	*ŋaː
娪	*ŋaː
梧	*ŋaː
峿	*ŋaː
五	*ŋaːʔ
伍	*ŋaːʔ
寤	*ŋaːs
啎	*ŋaːs
晤	*ŋaːs
悟	*ŋaːs
逜	*ŋaːs
窹	*ŋaːs
捂	*ŋaːs
鋙	*ŋa, *ŋaʔ
語	*ŋaʔ, *ŋas
圄	*ŋaʔ
敔	*ŋaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaːʔ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 五 (OC *ŋaːʔ). Also ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) .

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		伍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ng⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): m² / m⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ńg

  (Hailu, HRS): ng^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): n³

• Eastern Min (BUC): ngū
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gó͘ / ngó͘ / gǒ͘ / gō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngou² / ngou⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵u; ⁶wu; ⁶ng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³
    • Yale: wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ng⁵
    • Yale: ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: m² / m⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /m̩⁵⁵/, /m̩²¹/

Note:

• m2 - "five", surname;
• m4 - troops.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: n³
    • Sinological IPA: /n̩³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘
    • Tâi-lô: góo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngor
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: gǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘
    • Tâi-lô: gōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: go
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡɔ²²/

Note:

• ngó͘/gó͘ - literary (incl. surname);
• gō͘/gǒ͘ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ngou² / ngou⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngóu / ngŏu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋou⁵²/, /ŋou³⁵/

Note: ngou6 - “five”.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵u; ⁶wu; ⁶ng
    • MiniDict: u^去; wu^去; ng^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²u; ³hhu; ³hhngg
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /u³⁴/, /ɦu²³/, /ŋ̍²³/

Note:

• 3hhu - literary;
• 3ngg - vernacular;
• 2u - only in 隊伍 “company”..

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• Middle Chinese: nguX

Rime
Character	伍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	疑古切
Baxter	nguX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔX/
Li Rong	/ŋoX/
Wang Li	/ŋuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	伍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ nguX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
English	group of five
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伍
Reading #	1/1
No.	13148
Phonetic component	五
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	五
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːʔ/

Definitions

伍

1. troop of five soldiers
2. (figuratively) military
3. ally; company
4. (financial) Alternative form of 五 (“five”)
5. a surname: Wu, Woo, Ng, or Eng

   伍連德／伍连德  ―  Wǔ Liándé  ―  Wu Lien-teh (Malayan Chinese physician and epidemiologist)

   伍家崗區／伍家岗区  ―  Wǔjiāgǎng Qū  ―  Wujiagang District

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小寫 / 小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩 / 两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬 / 万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬 / 百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億 / 亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫 / 大写)	零	壹	貳 / 贰	參 / 叁	肆	伍	陸 / 陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟

Compounds

• 伍伯
• 伍員乘潮 / 伍员乘潮
• 伍員抉目 / 伍员抉目
• 伍員鞭屍 / 伍员鞭尸
• 伍子胥
• 伍家 (Wǔjiā)
• 伍家崗 / 伍家岗 (Wǔjiāgǎng)
• 伍山 (Wǔshān)
• 伍洛 (Wǔluò)
• 伍相廟 / 伍相庙 (Wǔxiàngmiào)
• 伍茲 / 伍兹 (Wǔzī)
• 伍長 / 伍长
• 入伍 (rùwǔ)
• 卒伍
• 參伍 / 参伍
• 噲伍 / 哙伍
• 士伍
• 恥與為伍 / 耻与为伍 (chǐyǔwéiwǔ)
• 本伍
• 歸伍 / 归伍
• 火伍
• 為伍 / 为伍 (wéiwǔ)
• 燕雀伍
• 砥兵礪伍 / 砥兵砺伍
• 簿伍
• 羞與噲伍 / 羞与哙伍
• 羞與為伍 / 羞与为伍 (xiūyǔwéiwǔ)
• 老行伍
• 與噲為伍 / 与哙为伍
• 落伍 (luòwǔ)
• 行伍 (hángwǔ)
• 行伍出身
• 超伍
• 退伍 (tuìwǔ)
• 部伍
• 鄰伍 / 邻伍
• 配伍 (pèiwǔ)
• 閭伍 / 闾伍
• 隊伍 / 队伍 (duìwǔ)
• 隊伍行列 / 队伍行列
• 黨伍 / 党伍

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (伍):

• → Japanese: 伍(ご) (go)
• → Korean: 오(伍) (o)

Others:

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Go
• (Mandarin) Tagalog: Wu

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		伍

From 亻 (denoting one octave higher in Kunqu) + 五 (wǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³
    • Yale: wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
    • Palladius: у (u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/

Definitions

伍

1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note high la (6̇).

   Synonym: 鿉 (wǔ) (Cantonese opera)

Japanese

Kanji

伍

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. (financial, dated) five
2. five (mahjong)

Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: ご (go)
• Kun: いつつ (itsutsu, 伍つ)
• Nanori: くみ (kumi)、あつむ (atsumu)

Compounds

• 伍長
• 落伍

See also

• 伍する

Number

Kanji in this term
伍
ウー Jinmeiyō
irregular

伍(ウー) • (ū) 

1. (mahjong) five

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 伍 (MC nguX). Recorded as Middle Korean 오〯 (wǒ) (Yale: wo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

伍 (eumhun 다섯사람 오 (daseotsaram o))

1. hanja form^? of 오 (“five”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 낙오 (落伍, nago)
• 대오 (隊伍, dae'o)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

伍: Hán Nôm readings: ngũ

1. five