Today’s first #kanji is #五. It’s listed under the radical of 二. Apparently 五 is the mix of 二 and X, so it has only 4 strokes, not 5. Make sure nothing sticks out from the 二.
Meaning: 5 (five)
Reading: ゴ、いつ
五月(ゴガツ/さつき): May (the 5th month of the year)
五体(ゴタイ): the whole body
五山(ゴザン)の送り火(おくりび): the Kyoto Great Bonfire Festival – a festival in which bonfires spelling out Kanji characters are lit on the sides of five hills around Kyoto to guide the spirits of the dead back to the underworld on the last day of Obon.
五重塔(ゴジュウのトウ): a five-storied pagoda
三々五々(サンサンゴゴ): by twos and threes, in small groups
五つ(いつつ): 5 xxx (つ is the originally Japanese general counter)
五つ星(いつつぼし): five stars (rating)
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五月雨(さみだれ): the long rains (of early summer)
五十嵐(いがらし): Igarashi (a common surname)
五十鈴(いすず): Isuzu – the name of a river near the Ise Shrine, after which the car manufacturer, Isuzu, was named.
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