戊 wù fifth (ordinal); halberd; 5th heavenly stem
Made up of [戈 gē spear radical 62, 丿 piě 'slash' radical 4]Made with 5 strokes.
Picture of a halberd - a lance with an ax blade in the middle
Related characters
Also uses 戈 gē component: 成 chéng (to succeed) 戴 dài (to respect) 或 huò (maybe) 戋 jiān (narrow) 我 wǒ (I (me)) 武 wǔ (martial) 载 zài (to carry) 藏 zàng (treasury) 战 zhàn (to fight) 找 zhǎo (to try to find)
Also uses 丿 piě component: 必 bì (certainly) 弟 dì (younger brother) 乎 hū (at) 久 jiǔ (long time) 九 jiǔ (nine) 乐 lè (music) 么 me (what) 乃 nǎi (to be) 年 nián (year) 少 shǎo (less) 生 shēng (produce) 失 shī (to lose) 勿 wù (do not) 午 wǔ (noon) 义 yì (justice) 之 zhī (him) 族 zú (clan)
Sounds same
勿 wù (do not) 务 wù (affair) 物 wù (thing)Different tone
乌 wū (crow) 屋 wū (house) 无 wú (not to have) 五 wǔ (five) 午 wǔ (noon) 武 wǔ (martial)
Stroke order for character 戊, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚