five
오 (o) is the Sino-Korean numeral for “five”; its native Korean counterpart is 다섯 (daseot). In kumdo the number five appears, for example, in the five stances listed for the 검도의 본 (geomdoui bon).
How to say it
- Korean
- 오o
- Spanish
- Cinco (sino-coreano)
- English
- five
- Japanese
- 五ごgo
오 (o), written 五 in hanja, is the number “five” in the Sino-Korean series (일, 이, 삼, 사, 오…). The native Korean series uses 다섯 (daseot) for the same number. Sino-Korean numbers are used for dates, money, minutes, addresses, phone numbers and numbers above 99.
In kumdo, the number five appears in the description of the 검도의 본 (geomdoui bon) published by the Incheon Kumdo Association:
- The stances (자세, jase) of the 검도의 본 number five: 상단 (sangdan, heaven), 하단 (hadan, earth), 중단 (jungdan, person), 우허리 (uheori, yin) and 우어깨 (ueokkae, yang).
- The 검도의 본 consists of seven 대도 (daedo) forms and three 소도 (sodo) forms. In the 대도, the fifth form (5본) is one of three head attacks, together with the first and the fourth.
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