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五 wǔ — “five”
How to write and say the Chinese character 五 (wǔ), which means five — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 wǔ
Meaning · 意思 five
Strokes · 笔画 4
Radical · 部首 二 (two)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
五 is written with 4 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heaven 一 and earth 一.
A common word常用词
五星
five stars
Example sentence例句
我的手有五个手指。
My hand has five fingers.
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