Japanese symbol for “five”
五
ご
Romaji: go
five; 5
In Japanese, five is 五, read ご (go).
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.
Meanings
- num five; 5
Written forms: 五、５、伍. Readings: ご、いつ、い.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “five”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五つ | いつつ itsutsu | five |
| ファイブ | ファイブ faibu | five |
| 五本 | ごほん gohon | five (long cylindrical things) |
| ロシア五人組 | ロシアごにんぐみ roshiagoningumi | The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五輪 | ごりん gorin | Olympic Games; Olympics |
| 五つ | いつつ itsutsu | five |
| 五感 | ごかん gokan | the five senses |
| 五十音 | ごじゅうおん gojuuon | the Japanese syllabary |
| 五体 | ごたい gotai | the whole body |
| 四捨五入 | ししゃごにゅう shishagonyuu | rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero |
See also: Chinese symbol for “five”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.