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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 伍

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
伍 wǔ - surname Wu
伍 wǔ - squad of five soldiers
- to associate with
- five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

List Ranking for: 伍

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 13,319 7,501 10,589

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 亻 五

Radical:

亻

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Five 五 people 亻; 五 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 伍

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
队伍 6 5 1,454 1,516 4,615
入伍 - - 10,511 - -
退伍 - - 10,552 19,291 16,341
伍 - - 13,319 7,501 10,589
落伍 - - 13,977 25,452 21,659
退伍军人 - - 15,055 27,817 39,290
为伍 - - 16,304 35,792 23,480
泰格·伍兹 - - 43,579 - -
伍德豪斯 - - 86,988 - -