One possibility is that 五 was originally written as five horizontal lines, similar to 一, 二, and 三, but in common writing the lines would blend together. Thus, two lines were turned vertical and the right one was shortened, to form one stroke with the middle horizontal line. An alternate hypothesis is that 五 originally resembled an X with a bar on top and a bar on bottom. This would have meant five because when counting on a single hand, one first counts to five and then crosses back the other way to ten.
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|小寫]]／[[小写#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|小写]])
[[〇#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|〇]], [[零#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|零]]
[[一#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|一]]
[[二#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|二]]
[[三#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|三]]
[[四#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|四]]
[[五#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|五]]
[[六#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|六]]
[[七#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|七]]
[[八#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|八]]
[[九#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|九]]
[[十#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|十]]
[[百#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|百]]
[[千#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|千]]
[[萬#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|萬]]／[[万#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|万]] [[十千#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|十千]](Malaysia, Singapore)
[[億#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|億]]／[[亿#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|亿]]
[[兆#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|兆]](តៃវ៉ាន់) [[萬億#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|萬億]]／[[万亿#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|大寫]]／[[大写#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|大写]])
[[零#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|零]]
[[壹#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|壹]]
[[貳#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|貳]]／[[贰#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|贰]]
[[參#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|參]]／[[叁#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|叁]]
[[肆#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|肆]]
[[伍#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|伍]]
[[陸#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|陸]]／[[陆#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|陆]]
[[柒#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|柒]]
[[捌#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|捌]]
[[玖#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|玖]]
[[拾#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|拾]]
[[佰#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
|佰]]
[[仟#
The automatically-generated contents of this have the following errors:
Unknown language code "zh". Edit Template:langname-lite and add it to the "List of Language Names".
The contents of this category were generated by the template Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value).. If you know how to use this template, please fix this category or move its contents to the correct category.
This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value)..Lua error in Module:languages at line 2092: attempt to index field 'aliases' (a nil value).
This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value)..Lua error in Module:languages at line 2092: attempt to index field 'aliases' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:languages at line 2092: attempt to index field 'aliases' (a nil value).
This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove Lua error in Module:template_link at line 397: attempt to call field 'sortedPairs' (a nil value)..Lua error in Module:languages at line 2092: attempt to index field 'aliases' (a nil value).
