Chinese symbol for “penta”
戊
wù
fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān); fifth in order; letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta
The closest CC-CEDICT match for penta is 戊 (wù), defined as: fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān); fifth in order; letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 戊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戊戌 | wù xū | thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 |
| 异戊二烯 (異戊二烯) | yì wù èr xī | isoprene |
| 戊寅 | wù yín | fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 |
| 戊辰 | wù chén | fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048 |
| 戊午 | wù wǔ | fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038 |
| 戊子 | wù zǐ | twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068 |
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.