Java half triangle program

package halfpyramid;

public class Half_pyramid {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int x,y,n=5;
        for(x=1;x<n;x++)
        {
            for(y=1;y<=x;y++)
                System.out.println("*");
            System.out.println("");
        }
    }
}

This code doesn't produce a meaningful output like

*

**

***

****

It creates something like this

*

*
*

*
*
*

*
*
*
*