| 5 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 5 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 19 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 14 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 15 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 7 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 10 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 91 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 7 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 7 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 5 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 32 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4244 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2142 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 5 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 257 | Morohashi |
| 3436 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 77 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 5 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 5 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 40 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 23 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
五
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
31 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 五 【ゴ】 five, 5
- ５月 【ゴガツ】 May, fifth month of the lunar calendar
- 端午 【タンゴ】 Boys' Day celebration (May 5), Dragon Boat Festival (China)
- 第五 【ダイゴ】 fifth
Kun reading compounds
- 五 【ご】 five, 5
- 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
- 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
- 五つ子 【いつつご】 quintuplets
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 さ、 さつ、 ち、 ふ、 み、 め
- Korean:
- o
Spanish
- cinco
- 5
Portuguese
- cinco
French
- cinq
| 3173 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 1010.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e94 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絃 【ゲン】 string (of a shamisen, etc.), stringed instrument
- 弦楽 【ゲンガク】 music for strings, string music
- 三弦 【サンゲン】 shamisen, samisen, sanxian (Chinese lute), the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou), three strings, three-stringed instrument
- 五弦 【ゴゲン】 five strings, five-stringed instrument
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- cuerda
- cordel
- música de shamisen
Portuguese
French
| 3519 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2331 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2192 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1685 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 897 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1216 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 27373 | Morohashi |
| 1330 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4468 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2669 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2711 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6a5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2093.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d43 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1591 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 琴 【キン】 qin (7-stringed Chinese zither), guqin
- 琴曲 【キンキョク】 koto music
- 奚琴 【ケイキン】 xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)
- 携琴 【ケイキン】 sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
- 和琴 【ワゴン】 wagon, yamatogoto, six-stringed native Japanese zither
Kun reading compounds
- 琴 【こと】 koto (13-stringed Japanese zither), stringed instrument, zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
- 琴座 【ことざ】 Lyra (constellation), the Lyre
- 箏の琴 【そうのこと】 koto
- 琵琶の琴 【びわのこと】 biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
Readings
- Korean:
- geum
Spanish
- koto
- arpa japonesa
Portuguese
- harpa
- koto (mus.)
French
- koto
- harpe
| 1178 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1486 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2949 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1393 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1536 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1778 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1251 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1319 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1906 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1322 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3455 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1778 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2422 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1605 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21079 | Morohashi |
| 2781 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3654 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1591 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1717 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1566 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3160 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4f8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 1120.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7434 | Unicode hex code |