伍
Wu3
#1,470 most
frequent character
surname Wu
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
伍 has 亻 person as its meaning part and 五 wǔ, meaning five, which also gives sound. It first meant a military unit of five men. The meaning grew to the number five on official documents.
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