The Chinese Radical: 五


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five    五

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
five, 5


Three horizontal lines and two vertical lines make a total of five.
JLPT HSK 1
language, dialect, speech
yǔ, yù
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: I, my (five and mouth )
Words, as if from five mouths, are the (different) languages.
JLPT HSK 4
ashamed, shy, bashful, delicacies
xiū
Left: var. of sheep (with bent leg ), right: ugly (var. of five )
For the sheep with five curved legs you should feel ashamed.
JLPT HSK 6
squad of five soldiers, associated

Left: person , right: five
Persons as 'five' are a military squad.
JLPT HSK 6
enlightment, consciousness, awareness, to comprehend

Left: feeling , right: I, me (Here: Five mouths are standing for the five paths of buddhistic enlightment.)
The (right) feeling and five mouths/paths mean enlightment.
JLPT no HSK
I, my

Top: five , bottom: mouth
Five times my mouth emphasized myself.

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