Chinese symbol for “fifth”
第五
dì wǔ
fifth
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fifth is 第五 (dì wǔ), defined as: fifth.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fifth”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五号 (五號) | wǔ hào | the fifth; fifth day of a month |
| 五世 | wǔ shì | the fifth (of series of numbered kings) |
| 五音度 | wǔ yīn dù | fifth (musical interval) |
| 五度 | wǔ dù | five degrees; fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 第五.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 第一 | dì yī | first; most important; primary; foremost |
| 第一次 | dì yī cì | the first time; for the first time |
| 第二 | dì èr | second; number two |
| 第二次 | dì èr cì | the second time; the second occurrence |
| 第二天 | dì èr tiān | next day; the morrow |
| 十五 | shí wǔ | fifteen; 15 |
| 五十 | wǔ shí | fifty |
| 五行 | wǔ xíng | five 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.