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六

See also: 大, 穴, and 冘
六 U+516D, 六
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-516D
← 公
[U+516C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兮 →
[U+516E]
六 U+F9D1, 六
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D1
← 類
[U+F9D0] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 戮 →
[U+F9D2]
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TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 127, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1453
  • Dae Jaweon: page 280, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 241, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+516D

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 六
variant forms 陸／陆 financial
𠫪
 
The number six in Chinese number gestures

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 六
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
               
Oracle bone script
 

j29782

 

j29783

 

j29784

 

j29785

 

j29786

 

j29787

 

j29788

 

j29789

 

j29790

 

j29791

 

j29792

 

j29793

 

j29794

 

j29795

 

j29796

 

j29797

 

j29798

 

j29799

 

j29800

 

j29801

 

j29802

 

j29803

 

j29804

 

j29805

 

j29806

 

j29807

 

j29808

 

j29809

 

j29810

 

j29811

Bronze inscriptions
 

b19884

 

b19885

 

b19886

 

b19887

 

b19888

 

b19889

 

b19890

 

b19891

 

b19892

 

b19893

 

b19894

 

b19895

 

b19896

 

b19897

 

b19898

 

b19899

 

b19900

 

b19901

 

b19902

 

b19903

 

b19904

 

b19905

 

b19906

 

b19907

 

b19908

Small seal script
 

s10921

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L37442

 

L37443

 

L37444

 

L25250

 

L25251

 

L25252

 

L25253

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (六) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
六 *ruɡ
圥 *ruɡ

Pictogram (象形) – perhaps a shed. Originally using the similar-sounding word 廬 (OC *ra, “shed, cabin”) to represent the concept “six” (Liu Xinglong). Alternatively, it may be an ancient counting symbol.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-(k-)ruk.

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • liù - usual pronunciation;
  • lù - ancient pronunciation preserved in some proper nouns (六安 and the ancient state in the vicinity, as well as the surname).
  • Cantonese
  • Hakka
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • la̍k - vernacular;
    • lio̍k - literary.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 六
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 來 (37)
    Final (韻) 屋 (4)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 力竹切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/lɨuk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/liuk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/liuk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/luwk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/liuk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/lĭuk̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/li̯uk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		lǜ
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 六
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		liù
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ljuwk ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*k.ruk/
    English six

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 六
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8341
    Phonetic
    component         		六
    Rime
    group         		覺
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		六
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ruɡ/

    DefinitionsEdit

    六

    1. six
      六城  ―  liù chéng  ―  Six Cities (a literal translation of Altishahr, an ancient name for the region Xinjiang/East Turkestan)
    2. (printing) small text; The size of type between 小五 (xiǎowǔ, “little 5”) and 小六 (xiǎoliù, “little 6”), standardized as 7½ point.
    3. (neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable
    4. A surname​.

    See alsoEdit

    Chinese numbers
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 108 1012
    Normal
    (小寫／小写)     		〇 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 萬／万 億／亿 兆 (Taiwan)
    萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
    Financial
    (大寫／大写)     		零 壹 貳／贰 參／叁 肆 伍 陸／陆 柒 捌 玖 拾 佰 仟

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 六

    DescendantsEdit

    Sino-Xenic (六):
    • → Japanese: 六 (ろく) (roku)
    • → Korean: 육 (六, yuk); 륙 (六, ryuk)
    • → Vietnamese: lục (六)

    Others:

    Further readingEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    Japanese cardinal numbers
     <  5 6 7  > 
        Cardinal : 六

    KanjiEdit

    六

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. six
    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit
    Compounds

    ReferencesEdit

    • 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 1Edit

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

    NounEdit

    六 (hiragana む, rōmaji mu)

    1. six
    Derived termsEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

    From Chinese 六.

    Alternative formsEdit

    • 陸 (used in legal documents)

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    六 (hiragana ろく, rōmaji roku)

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

    Coordinate termsEdit

    Japanese numbers
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Regular 零 (れい) (rei)
    零 (ゼロ) (zero)     		一 (いち) (ichi) 二 (に) (ni) 三 (さん) (san) 四 (よん) (yon)
    四 (し) (shi)     		五 (ご) (go) 六 (ろく) (roku) 七 (なな) (nana)
    七 (しち) (shichi)     		八 (はち) (hachi) 九 (きゅう) (kyū)
    九 (く) (ku)     		十 (じゅう) (jū)
    Formal 壱 (いち) (ichi) 弐 (に) (ni) 参 (さん) (san) 拾 (じゅう) (jū)
    90 100 300 600 800 1,000 3,000 8,000 10,000 100,000,000
    Regular 九 (きゅう)十 (じゅう) (kyūjū) 百 (ひゃく) (hyaku)
    一 (いっ)百 (ぴゃく) (ippyaku)     		三 (さん)百 (びゃく) (sanbyaku) 六 (ろっ)百 (ぴゃく) (roppyaku) 八 (はっ)百 (ぴゃく) (happyaku) 千 (せん) (sen)
    一 (いっ)千 (せん) (issen)     		三 (さん)千 (ぜん) (sanzen) 八 (はっ)千 (せん) (hassen) 一 (いち)万 (まん) (ichiman) 一 (いち)億 (おく) (ichioku)
    Formal 一 (いち)萬 (まん) (ichiman)
    1012 8×1012 1013 1016 6×1016 8×1016 1017 1018
    一 (いっ)兆 (ちょう) (itchō) 八 (はっ)兆 (ちょう) (hatchō) 十 (じゅっ)兆 (ちょう) (jutchō) 一 (いっ)京 (けい) (ikkei) 六 (ろっ)京 (けい) (rokkei) 八 (はっ)京 (けい) (hakkei) 十 (じゅっ)京 (けい) (jukkei) 百 (ひゃっ)京 (けい) (hyakkei)

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    六 (eumhun 여섯 륙 (yeoseot ryuk), South Korea 여섯 육 (yeoseot yuk))

    1. six

    VietnameseEdit

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