伍

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See also: 五
伍 U+4F0D, 伍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F0D
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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

trad. 伍
simp. # 伍

Pronunciation

Note:
  • m2 - "five", surname;
  • m4 - troops.
Note:
  • ngó͘/gó͘ - literary (incl. surname);
  • gō͘/gǒ͘ - vernacular.
Note: ngou6 - “five”.
Note:
  • 3hhu - literary;
  • 3ngg - vernacular;
  • 2u - only in 隊伍 “company”..
    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/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ŋuoX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		wǔ
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ng5
    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. * 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

    Descendants

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

    Others:

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

    Etymology 2

    trad. 伍
    simp. # 伍

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

    Pronunciation

    Definitions

    伍

    1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note high la (6̇).
      Synonym: 鿉 (wǔ) (Cantonese opera)

    Japanese

    Kanji

    伍

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

    Readings

    Compounds

    See also

    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

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    伍 (eumhun 다섯사람 오 (daseotsaram o))

    1. Hanja form? of 오 (“five”).

    Compounds

    Compounds

    References

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

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    伍: Hán Nôm readings: ngũ

    1. five
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