Word Meaning 五行

ごぎょう gogyou

五行 is read as ごぎょう (gogyou) and means five practices of the Bodhisattvas.

Meaning

English

  1. five practices of the Bodhisattvas
  2. the five pillars of Islam
  3. the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water)
  4. the five phases
  5. wu xing

Reading

Kana

ごぎょう

Romaji

gogyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 98829 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

五奉行

ごぶぎょう

the five commissioners

五行六信

ごぎょうろくしん

the five pillars of Islam and six articles of faith

六信五行

ろくしんごぎょう

the six articles of faith and five pillars of Islam

陰陽五行

いんようごぎょう

the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology

百五銀行

ひゃくごぎんこう

Hyakugo Bank

five

five

五十

fifty

五日

いつか

5th day of the month

五つ

いつつ

eight o'clock (old time system)

五月

ごがつ

May

五月雨

さみだれ

early-summer rain