伍 wǔ five
five; company of five; troops
怎么记住“伍”: 亻 person + 五 five = five. Each person in the street band wears a shirt with a big five on it, and the crowd cheers for the five.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
伍 = 亻 person + 五 five
- 亻 person meaning
- 五 five meaning + sound
Each person in the street band wears a shirt with a big five on it, and the crowd cheers for the five.
How it came to be
A person and five make a group of five, and five also gives the sound.
用法
- Its main use is as the formal financial character for "five", written on checks, contracts, and receipts in place of plain 五 to prevent tampering, like writing "FIVE" out in words.
- 队伍 (duìwu) means ranks, troops, or an organized procession/team, the other common compound.