The Chinese Radical: 五


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Meaning
five    五

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
five, 5


Three horizontal lines and two vertical lines make a total of five.  
HSK 1
language, dialect, speech
yǔ, yù
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: I, my 吾 (five 五 and mouth 口)
Words, as if from five mouths, are the (different) languages.  
HSK 4
ashamed, shy, bashful, delicacies
xiū
Left: var. of sheep 羊 (with bent leg ノ), right: ugly 丑 (var. of five 五)
For the sheep with five curved legs you should feel ashamed.  
HSK 6
squad of five soldiers, associated

Left: person 亻, right: five 五
Persons as 'five' are a military squad.  
HSK 6
enlightment, consciousness, awareness, to comprehend

Left: feeling 忄, right: I, me 吾 (Here: Five 五 mouths 口 are standing for the five paths of Buddhistic enlightment.)
The (right) feeling and five mouths/paths mean enlightment.  
no HSK
I, my

Top: five 五, bottom: mouth 口
Five times my mouth emphasized myself.  

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