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ng5
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[1] army [2] associate with; keep company with [3] five; alternate and formal form of 五 used on checks, in accounting and banking [4] [Archaic] five-man unit of the army [5] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 6
Level: 3
Radical: 亻 (#9)
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| This character was last edited on 21st Dec 2007 | |
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隊伍
deoi6 ng5 = team; troop; group
入伍
jap6 ng5 = enter the army; enlist
行伍
hong4 ng5 = the ranks
伍思凱
ng5 si1 hoi2 = Sky Wu |
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Decimal representation of this word: 伍
Unicode code for this character: U+4f0d (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 伍
Unicode code for this character: U+4f0d (off-site link)
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