Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
たり
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
むゆ
Grade: 1
たり
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

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From Old Japanese.

  • The most likely derivation is from (mu, muyu, 6, six) +‎ (-tari, counter for persons).

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

  • Today, 六人 is commonly read as ろくにん, uncommonly as むたり or むゆたり.

Noun

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()(たり) or (むゆ)(たり) (mutari or muyutari

  1. six persons; six people

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ろく
Grade: 1
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

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(ろく)(にん) (rokunin

  1. six persons; six people

See also

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Japanese number-counter combinations for
1 2 3 4 5
(ひと)() (hitori)
(いち)(にん) (ichinin)
(ふた)() (futari)
()(にん) (ninin)
(さん)(にん) (sannin)
()(たり) (mitari)
()(にん) (yonin)
()(たり) (yotari)
(よっ)(たり) (yottari)
()(にん) (gonin)
(いつ)(たり) (itsutari)
6 7 8 9 10
(ろく)(にん) (rokunin)
()(たり) (mutari)
(むゆ)(たり) (muyutari)
(しち)(にん) (shichinin)
(なな)(にん) (nananin)
(なな)(たり) (nanatari)
(はち)(にん) (hachinin)
()(たり) (yatari)
()(にん) (kunin)
(きゅう)(にん) (kyūnin)
(ここの)(たり) (kokonotari)
(じゅう)(にん) (jūnin)
()(たり) (totari)
20 100 1,000 10,000 How many?
()(じゅう)(にん) (nijūnin)
廿(にじゅう)(にん) (nijūnin)
二十(はた)(たり) (hatatari)
廿(はた)(たり) (hatatari)
(ひゃく)(にん) (hyakunin)
(もも)(たり) (momotari)
(せん)(にん) (sennin)
()(たり) (chitari)
(いち)(まん)(にん) (ichimannin)
(まん)(にん) (mannin)
(ばん)(にん) (bannin)
(なん)(にん) (nannin)
(いく)(にん) (ikunin)
(いく)(たり) (ikutari)