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伍

wǔ

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

wǔ · ng5 (Jyutping)

  1. squad of five soldiers
  2. to associate with
  3. five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
  4. surname Wu

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

伍

Meaning
five, company of five; troops
Radical
亻
Strokes
6
Components
⿰亻五
Cangjie
OMDM
Four-corner
2121.7

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