五 (wǔ) — five
Definition
Examples
- 五。Wǒ yǒu wǔ gè péng you.I have five friends.
- 五。Tā kàn le wǔ běn shū.He read five books.
- 五。Wǒ men mǎi le wǔ gè píng guǒ.We bought five apples.
Origin
Pictograph六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíngA drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.
An older form had a crossed mark between a top bar and a bottom bar. The modern 五 keeps those bars, while the original idea is uncertain.
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