5 mm crochet hook

The short answer

A 5 mm hook is a US size H/8, UK 6, and 8/0号 in Japan. Buy by the millimetre number — it's printed on every hook and it means the same thing everywhere.

Shaft widths drawn at roughly life size. Hold your hook against the screen — the highlighted bar is 5 mm. Screen scaling varies by device, so treat this as a sanity check, not a measurement.

Worsted weight, the classic beginner hook.

The same hook in every system

Millimetres (the one that always works)	5 mm
US	H/8
UK	6
Japanese 号	8/0号
Type	standard

Yarn weights that suit this hook

1 standard yarn weight list 5 mm inside their recommended hook range. Expected single crochet gauge over 4 inches is shown as a range — the CYC figures assume a mid-range hook, so at 5 mm you will land toward the loose end. Swatch before you commit.

US weight	UK	Japan	sc / 4 in
Light	DK	合太	12-17

5 mm hooks

Aluminium, ergonomic and Japanese-style options in this size.

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Nearby sizes

4.5 mm 5.5 mm 4 mm 6 mm 3.75 mm

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Last updated 2026-08-30.