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Kanji Detail for 伍 - "five, companion, team"
伍
- Meaning
伍 means "five, companion, team."
Row - A line; a formation.
Companion - A comrade; joining together.
Five - A formal character to prevent alteration.
Military unit - A group of five soldiers.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
five; five-man squad; file; line
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
five, company of five; troops
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Wu
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
five, company of five; troops
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
In ancient times, five people made a 伍. Such as 隊伍 (troops), 行伍 (military ranks). | Mingling with the crowd is called 伍. When Han Xin was demoted to marquis, he was ashamed to be associated with Kuai and others. Meaning to be ranked with Fan Kuai and others. See (Records of the Grand Historian). | Borrowed as the number five.
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