五 does only serve two characters as component, but one of them appears in like 20 other characters. On the other hand, 五 is of course an important character on its own.
When looking at the images, you should try to make them come alive: picture the characters moving, doing stuff, maybe talking, whatever. Creating a picture in your head is the best way to remember something, and every picture you see here is a little memory palace on its own.
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五
= 王 + 丨 |
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五
= 王 + 丨 |
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w |
Willy Walrus add a painting | |
Ø3 |
"Ø3" is happening inside the space station. add a painting | |
五
wu3
花
hua1
肉
rou4 | streaky pork | |
五
wu3
代
dai4 | Five Dynasties (in different contexts, from mythology through to Han and the interregnum between Han and Tang) / the five dynasties forming the interregnum between Tang and Song (936-947), namely: Later Liang 後梁|后梁[Hou4 Liang2], Later Tang 後唐|后唐[Hou4 Tang2], Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4], Later Han 後漢|后汉[Hou4 Han4], Later Zhou 後周|后周[Hou4 Zhou1] | |
周
zhou1
五
wu3 | Friday | |
五
wu3
彩
cai3
缤
bin1
纷
fen1 | all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display | |
五
wu3
台
tai2 | Wutai city and county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi | |
五
wu3
年
nian2
计
ji4
划
hua4 | Five-Year Plan | |
礼
li3
拜
bai4
五
wu3 | Friday | |
五
wu3
金
jin1
店
dian4 | hardware store / ironmonger's store | |
星
xing1
期
qi1
五
wu3 | Friday | |
五
wu3
谷
gu3 | five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soya bean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley | |
五
wu3
香
xiang1 | five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) | |
五
wu3
角
jiao3
星
xing1 | pentagram | |
隔
ge2
三
san1
差
cha4
五
wu3 | every now and then (idiom) | |
三
san1
五
wu3
成
cheng2
群
qun2 | forming groups of three or squads of five (idiom); people stand around in small clumps | |
五
wu3
行
xing2 | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 | |
五
wu3
光
guang1
十
shi2
色
se4 | brilliant colors | |
五
wu3
十
shi2 | fifty | |
五
wu3
分
fen1
之
zhi1
一
yi1 | one fifth | |
十
shi2
五
wu3 | fifteen / 15 | |
二
er4
百
bai3
五
wu3 | idiot / stupid person / a dope | |
五
wu3
星
xing1
级
ji2 | five-star (hotel) | |
五
wu3
金
jin1 | metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡 | |
五
wu3
星
xing1 | the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星 | |
过
guo4
五
wu3
关
guan1
斩
zhan3
六
liu4
将
jiang4 | lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) | |
五
wu3
边
bian1
形
xing2 | pentagon | |
三
san1
番
fan1
五
wu3
次
ci4 | over and over again (idiom) | |
五
wu3
谷
gu3
丰
feng1
登
deng1 | abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest | |
五
wu3
线
xian4
谱
pu3 | (music) staff / stave | |
五
wu3
湖
hu2
四
si4
海
hai3 | all over the world / everywhere under the sun | |
五
wu3
月
yue4
节
jie2 | Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) | |
五
wu3
角
jiao3
大
da4
楼
lou2 | the Pentagon | |
一
yi1
五
wu3
一
yi1
十
shi2 | lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail | |
五
wu3
一
yi1 | 5-1 (May 1st) | |
五
wu3
官
guan1 | five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features | |
五
wu3
月
yue4 | May / fifth month (of the lunar year) | |
五
wu3
体
ti3
投
tou2
地
di4 | to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb | |
五
wu3
五
wu3 | 50-50 / equal (share, partnership etc) | |
五
wu3
月
yue4
份
fen4 | May | |
五
wu3
彩
cai3 | five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored | |
五
wu3
颜
yan2
六
liu4
色
se4 | multi-colored / every color under the sun |