| Chinese Text Project |
| 五 U+4E94 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 㐅 Semantic variant Semantic variant | 伍 Alternate form Specialized semantic variant | 𠄡 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 二+ 2 strokes = 4 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.266#15 Kangxi: p.86#11 Cihai: p.64r3c01 GSR: 58.a Hanyu: v1,p0011#03 |
| Composition: | Top: 一, bottom: 𫝀. Component of: 㐏 伍 𭜐 鿉 𫡲 吾 𫰌 㕶 𦙗 𫇩 忢 𬁶 𬂡 𥄪 𥄬 𥐳 𭘣 𠄶 𠵥 𮛉 [More] |
| Mandarin: | wǔ ㄨˇ |
| Cantonese: | ng5 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *ngǒ ngǒ |
| Shuowen: | 《五部》五：五行也。从二，陰陽在天地閒交午也。凡五之屬皆从五。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·姥·五》五：數也，又姓左傳有五奢亦漢複姓四氏漢有五鹿充宗風俗通云氏於職焉三烏五鹿是也，趙有將軍五鳩盧。《國語》云：楚昭王時有五參蹇姓苑有五里氏。疑古切，五。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·二部·二》五：〔古文〕𠄡㐅《唐韻》《韻會》疑古切《集韻》《正韻》阮古切，𠀤音午。《增韻》中數也。《易·繫辭》天數五，地數五。《書·武成》列爵惟五。《詩·鄘風》良馬五之。又格五。《後漢·梁冀傳》能挽滿，彈棊，格五，六博，蹴鞠，意錢之戲。《註》行棊相塞謂之簺，簺有四采，簺白乗五是也。至五卽格不得行。又《辛氏三秦記》城南韋杜，去天尺五。又十五夜曰三五。《謝靈運詩》期在三五夕。《崔曙詩》秒冬正三五，日月遙相望。又姓。漢五京。又第五，五鹿，皆複姓。崔曙《早發交崖山還太室作》：仲冬正三五，日月遙相望。 |
| Fanqie: | 疑古 (《廣韻·上聲·姥·五》) |
| Unihan definition: | five; surname |
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| 《論語·為政》: | 子曰：「吾十有五而志于學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不踰矩。」 |
| The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「君子之所以教者五：有如時雨化之者，有成德者，有達財者，有答問者，有私淑艾者。」 |
| Mencius said, 'There are five ways in which the superior man effects his teaching. There are some on whom his influence descends like seasonable rain. There are some whose virtue he perfects, and some of whose talents he assists the development. There are some whose inquiries he answers. There are some who privately cultivate and correct themselves.' | |
| 《禮記·深衣》: | 五法已施，故聖人服之。 |
| These five rules being observed in the making (of the dress), the sages wore it. | |
| 《孝經·諫諍》: | 諸侯有爭臣五人，雖無道，不失其國。 |
| If the prince of a state had five such ministers, though his measures might be equally wrong, he would not lose his state. | |
| 《揚子法言·序》: | 聖人聰明淵懿，繼天測靈，冠乎群倫，經諸範，譔《五百》。 |
| The sage, keenly intelligent and profoundly good, continues the work of Tian and fathoms the divine. Surpassing the common herd, he sets the standard. Thus, I have written "Five Hundred Years." | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 楚之南有冥靈者，以五百歲為春，五百歲為秋。 |
| In the south of Chu there is the (tree) called Ming-ling, whose spring is 500 years, and its autumn the same. | |
| 《道德經》: | 五色令人目盲。 |
| Colour's five hues from the eyes their sight will take. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 三代不同禮而王，五霸不同法而霸，故知者作法，而愚者制焉。 |
| The Three Dynasties have attained supremacy by different rites, and the five Lords Protector have attained their protectorships by different laws. Therefore, a wise man creates laws, but a foolish man is controlled by them. | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 故經之以五事，校之以計，而索其情，一曰道，二曰天，三曰地，四曰將，五曰法。 |
| The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one's deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field. These are: (1) The Moral Law; (2) Heaven; (3) Earth; (4) The Commander; (5) Method and discipline. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 誥誓不及五帝，盟詛不及三王，交質子不及五伯。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 故疏河以導之，鑿江通於九派，灑五湖而定東海，民亦勞矣，然而不怨者，利歸於民也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 三年之喪，二十五月。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 婦人對曰：「吾，野鄙之人也，僻陋而無心，五音不知，安能調琴。」 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 五十里而封，百里而有都邑。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 以其俱命於天，而王治五千里內也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 故鬟河而道之九牧，鑿江而道之九路，灑五湖而定東海 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 高皇帝五年，齊人婁敬戍隴西，過雒陽，脫輅輓，見齊人虞將軍曰：「臣願見上言便宜事。」 |
| 《中論·藝紀》: | 先王之欲人之為君子也，故立保民，掌教六藝：一曰五禮，二曰六樂，三曰五射，四曰五御，五曰六書，六曰九數。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 為四寸之棺，五寸之槨，因丘陵為墳，不封不樹。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 使巧倕加繩墨而制之以斤斧，女工加五色而制之以機杼，則皆成宗廟之器、黼黻之章，可著於鬼神，可御於王公。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 正者、稟五常之性也。 |
| 《太玄經·玄測都序》: | 盛哉日乎，丙明離章，五色淳光。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 故《春秋》分為五，《詩》分為四，《易》有數家之傳。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣度》: | 五尺，謂之墨。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 五典以經之，群籍以緯之，詠之歌之，弦之舞之。 |
| 《素書·原始章》: | 夫道、德、仁、義、禮，五者一體也。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故曰：張日月，列星辰，序四時，調陰陽，布氣治性，次置五行，春生夏長，秋收冬藏，陽生雷電，陰成雪霜，養育群生，一茂一亡，潤之以風雨，曝之以日光，溫之以節氣，降之以殞霜，位之以眾星，制之以斗衡，苞之以六合，羅之以紀綱，改之以災變，告之以禎祥，動之以生殺，悟之以文章。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 秦承周末為漢驅除，自以德兼三皇，功包五帝，故并以為號。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 巧士冠、高五寸，要後相通埽除，從官服之，《禮》無文。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 五行毋常勝，說在宜。 |
| 《魯勝墨辯注敘》: | 自鄧析至秦時，名家者世有篇籍，率頗難知，後學莫復傳習，於今五百餘歲，遂亡絕。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 黃帝即位十有五年，喜天下戴己，養正命，娛耳目，供鼻口，焦然肌色皯黣，昏然五情爽惑。 |
| 《鶡冠子·博選》: | 權人有五至：一曰伯己，二曰什己，三曰若己，四曰廝役，五曰徒隸。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 和陰陽，節四時，調五行，潤乎草木，浸乎金石，禽獸碩大，毫毛潤澤，鳥卵不敗，獸胎不殰，父無喪子之憂，兄無哭弟之哀，童子不孤，婦人不孀，虹蜺不見，盜賊不行，含德之所致也。 |
| 《文始真經·二柱》: | 關尹子曰：「五雲之變，可以卜當年之豐歉。」 |
| 《列仙傳·寧封子》: | 有人過之，為其掌火，能出五色煙，久則以教封子。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 昔者五帝之治天下也，其道昭昭若日月之明然，若以晝代夜然。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 實其腹，懷道抱一守，五神也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 齊五戰之國也，一戰不剋而無齊。 |
| 《申不害·大體》: | 鼓不與於五音，而為五音主。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 夫三王五伯之德，參於天地，通于鬼神，周於生物者，其得助博也。 |
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