| 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 |
寸
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small
- On:
- スン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1669 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 寸 【スン】 sun (approx. 3 cm), length, measurement, shortness, tininess
- 寸前 【スンゼン】 just before, on the verge of, on the brink of, just in front of, just ahead of
- 原寸 【ゲンスン】 actual size, full size
- 外寸 【ガイスン】 external dimensions, outer size
Readings
- Japanese names:
- す、 みき
- Korean:
- chon
Spanish
- longitud
- medida
- un poco
- sólo
- antigua unidad de medida
Portuguese
- medição
- medida valendo pés/ 10
French
- dimension
- un peu
- sun = 3,03 cm (1/10 de shaku)
| 920 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 909 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1523 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1348 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1045 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1220 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 34 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1894 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2070 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 367 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 499 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3652 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1864 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2541 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 45 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7411 | Morohashi |
| 2935 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1372 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 45 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 45 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 828 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1448 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4030.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5bf8 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2496 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 釘頭 【テイトウ】 nailhead
- 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
Kun reading compounds
- 釘 【くぎ】 nail, spike, tack, rivet, brad, (pachinko) pin
- 釘隠 【くぎかくし】 nail hider, nailhead cover, decorative object which conceals the head of a nail
- 合い釘 【あいくぎ】 double-pointed nail, dowel
- 鋲釘 【びょうくぎ】 rivet, tack, thumbtack, drawing-pin, hobnail
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- clavo
- clavija
- tachuela
Portuguese
French
| 4816 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1154 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2100 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1489 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 40159 | Morohashi |
| 1667 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6217 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2766 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2788 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 8a2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 8112.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91d8 | Unicode hex code |