六

See also 大, 穴, and 冘

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• (Chinese financial form): 陸 or 陆

Phonosemantic interpretation

Old Chinese Initial /*l-/ lends semantic value Continuum. Vowel /*-o-/ lends semantic value Curvature or Curve and surround/envelop. Pictogram (象形) of a tall mound that curves in stretching at length. Six may be regarded as a borrowed meaning, or as via the idea of a number stretching beyond five (the natural end of a counting unit, the five fingers of one hand). Source: Howell & Morimoto

Han character

六 (radical 12 八+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜金 (YC), four-corner 0080₀, composition ⿱亠八)

1. six

References

• KangXi: page 127, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 241, character 9
• Unihan data for U+516D

See also

• (Chinese written numbers): 〇  一  二  三  四  五  六  七  八  九  十

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Cantonese

Etymology

From Old Chinese *rjuk, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t-ruk (compare Classical Tibetan drug)

Hanzi

六 (jyutping luk6, Yale luk6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

六 (POJ liuk, Guangdong liuk⁷; luk⁷ [Bao'an, Dongguan, Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim liug5)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Japanese cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : 六

Kanji

六 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. six

Readings

• On: ろく (roku) りく (riku)
• Kun: む (mu), むつ (六つ, mutsu), むっつ (六つ, muttsu), むい (mui)
• Nanori: く (ku), むつ (mutsu), ろっ (rot), ろつ (rotsu)

Compounds

• 十六夜 (いざよい, izayoi): the sixteenth night of every month
• 九六 (kunroku):
• 四分六 (shiburoku):
• 甚六 (jinroku):
• 双六 (sugoroku):
• 宿六 (yadoroku):
• 六花 (rikka):
• 六角 (rokkaku): hexagon
• 六感 (rokkan):
• 表六玉, 兵六玉 (hyourokudamu):
• 一六銀行 (ichirokuginkou):
• 三十六計 (sanjuurokkei):
• 六月 (rokugatsu): June
• 六号記事 (rokugoukiji):
• 六合 (rikugou):
• 六根清浄 (rokkonshoujou):
• 六三制 (rokusansei):
• 四六時中 (shirokujichuu):
• 二六時中 (nirokujichuu):
• 六識 (rokushiki):
• 六尺 (rokushaku):
• 六書 (rikusho):
• 一六勝負 (ichirokushoubu):

• 六情 (rokujou):
• 六親 (rokushin):
• 南斗六星 (nantorokusei):
• 六大州 (rokudaishuu): the six continents
• 六道 (rokudou):
• 六日 (muika): sixth day of the month
• 六波羅蜜
• 六部
• 六辺形 (rokuhengei): hexagon
• 六分 (roppun):
• 六方 (roppou):
• 六法全書 (roppouzensho):
• 六本 (roppon):
• 六面体 (rokumentai):
• 六曜 (rokuyou):
• 六連星 (rokunensei):
• 六連発 (rokunenpatsu):
• 六腑 (robbu):
• 三面六臂 (sanmenroppi):
• 八面六臂 (hachimenroppi):
• 六韜三略 (rikutousanryaku):

References

JIS: 4F3B Kuten: - Shift JIS: 985A EUC-JP: CFBB Frequency: 96 Nelson: 283

New Nelson: 371 Halpern: 1965 Halpern Learners: 1244 Heisig: 6 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2j2.2

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Etymology 1

The ablaut form of mi "three", which it doubles.

Noun

六 (hiragana む, romaji mu)

1. six

Derived terms

• 六つ

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• 陸 (used in legal documents)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ro.kuꜜ/, [ɽo̞˨.kɯᵝ˦]

Noun

六 (hiragana ろく, romaji roku)

1. six
2. a name of a hole of a wind instrument

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Korean

Hanja

六
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 륙(육) (revised: ryuk (yuk), McCune-Reischauer: ryuk (yuk), Yale: lyuk (^lyuk))

• Name (hangeul): 여섯 (revised: yeoseot, McCune-Reischauer: yŏsŏt, Yale: yeses)

1. six

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

六 (pinyin liù (liu4), Wade-Giles liu⁴)

Numeral

六 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin liù)

1. six

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Middle Chinese

Han character

六 (*liuk)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

六 (POJ lio̍k, la̍k)

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

六 (lục, lúc, lúc, lụt)

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Wu

Hanzi

Latin Alphabet: luoˋ

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄌㄨㄛˋ