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Chinese symbol for “fifth”

第五
dì wǔ
fifth

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fifth is 第五 (dì wǔ), defined as: fifth.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

第 dì
sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal
radical 118 ⽵ · 11 strokes
五 wǔ
five; surname
radical 7 ⼆ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fifth”

WordPinyinMeaning
五号 (五號)wǔ hàothe fifth; fifth day of a month
五世wǔ shìthe fifth (of series of numbered kings)
五音度wǔ yīn dùfifth (musical interval)
五度wǔ dùfive degrees; fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 第五.

WordPinyinMeaning
第一dì yīfirst; most important; primary; foremost
第一次dì yī cìthe first time; for the first time
第二dì èrsecond; number two
第二次dì èr cìthe second time; the second occurrence
第二天dì èr tiānnext day; the morrow
十五shí wǔfifteen; 15
五十wǔ shífifty
五行wǔ xíngfive phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水

See also: Japanese symbol for “fifth”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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