六

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Number 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Alternative forms 3.2.2 Derived terms 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Etymology 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.3 Cardinal number 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character 8 Wu 8.1 Pronunciation

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

The character 六 was originally a pictograph of 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).

[edit] Han character

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

1. six

• Chinese Numeral 六
  • Last: 五
  • Next: 七

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Hanzi

六 (Yale luk6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Number

六 (ろく, roku)

1. six, 6

[edit] Noun

六 (hiragana ろく, romaji roku)

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

[edit] Alternative forms

• 陸 (used in legal documents)

[edit] Derived terms

• 六つ

[edit] Noun

六 (hiragana む, romaji mu)

1. six

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Kanji

六

[edit] 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)

[edit] Compounds

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):

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[edit] Korean

[edit] 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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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Cardinal number

六 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin liù)

1. six

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

六 (*liuk)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

六 (lục, lúc, lúc, lụt)

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[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA:

Latin Alphabet: luoˋ

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄌㄨㄛˋ