五ご十じゅう

ご

じゅ

う

Meanings

1

fifty; 50

The number 50. Used in counting, ages, prices, and other numerical expressions.

彼かれは今年ことしで五ご十じゅうになります。
He will turn fifty this year.
この本ほんは五ご十じゅうページあります。
This book has fifty pages.

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Kanji

五five
十ten

Related words

五ご十じゅう音おん
The 'fifty sounds' of the Japanese syllabary; a compound using 五十, not the number itself.
五ご十じっ歩ぽ百ひゃっ歩ぽ
Idiom meaning 'six of one, half a dozen of the other'; uses 五十 but is a fixed expression.

Written forms

五十Usage100%
- ごじゅう
  Standard kanji spelling; preferred in vertical text and formal writing.
- い
  out-dated reading
- いそ
  out-dated reading
５０
- ごじゅう
  Arabic numeral spelling; very common in horizontal writing and numerical contexts.
- い
  out-dated reading
- いそ
  out-dated reading
五〇
- ごじゅう
  Kanji numeral with 〇; occasionally seen in legal or formal documents to prevent forgery.
- い
  out-dated reading
- いそ
  out-dated reading
い
out-dated reading
いそ
out-dated reading

Etymology

Compound of 五 (five) and 十 (ten), following the regular pattern for Japanese tens. The reading ごじゅう is the standard on'yomi combination.