| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1432 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 衰退 【スイタイ】 decline, degeneration, decay, waning, ebbing
- 衰弱 【スイジャク】 weakness, debility, breakdown, prostration
- 減衰 【ゲンスイ】 attenuation, damping, decay
- 盛衰 【セイスイ】 rise and fall, ups and downs, welfare, vicissitudes
Kun reading compounds
- 衰える 【おとろえる】 to become weak, to decline, to wear, to abate, to decay, to wither, to waste away
Readings
- Korean:
- soe, choe
Spanish
- declinar
- rehusar
- menguar
- debilitarse
Portuguese
- decadência
- decadente
- enfraquecer
French
- déclin
- diminuer
- s'affaiblir
| 1456 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1577 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 312 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1501 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1725 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1676 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1791 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1805 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1622 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2604 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1333 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1806 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1908 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34127 | Morohashi |
| 2100 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5432 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1890 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2037 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1388 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 465 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 0073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8870 | Unicode hex code |