Word Meaning 五位

ごい goi

五位 is read as ごい (goi) and means fifth court rank.

Meaning

English

  1. fifth court rank
  2. black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
  3. night heron
  4. five ranks
  5. five stages

Reading

Kana

ごい

Romaji

goi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 55579 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

溝五位

みぞごい

Japanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)

上位五番

じょういごばん

last five matches of makushita division wrestlers

五感

ごかん

the five senses

五十三次

ごじゅうさんつぎ

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

五人組

ごにんぐみ

five-family unit

五月晴れ

さつきばれ

fine weather during the rainy season

五内

ごだい

the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

五本指

ごほんゆび

five-toed (socks)

五七調

ごしちちょう

five and seven-syllable meter

五公五民

ごこうごみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half

五加

ごか

fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)

五指

ごし

the five fingers