六

See also 大, 穴, and 冘

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• (Chinese financial form): 陸 or 陆

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a tall mound. This evolved into six because a high mound could be seen to go beyond the normal, just as six is a number that goes beyond the natural counting unit (five, the number of fingers on a hand).

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
• http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm

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