六合

Chinese

		six	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad. (六合)		六	合

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liùhé, lùhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ hap⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): liug⁵ hab⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k-ha̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lag⁸ hah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liùhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liòuhé
    • Wade–Giles: liu⁴-ho²
    • Yale: lyòu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowher
    • Palladius: люхэ (ljuxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùhé
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-ho²
    • Yale: lù-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhher
    • Palladius: лухэ (luxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ hap⁶
    • Yale: luhk hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² hɐp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liug⁵ hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /liʊk̚¹ hap̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k-ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioghap
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hap̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻² hap̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hap̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hap̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² hap̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lag⁸ hah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la̍k ha̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lak̚⁴⁻² haʔ⁴/

Noun

六合

1. the six directions – east, west, north, south, up and down

   • 六合之外，聖人存而不論；六合之內，聖人論而不議。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     六合之外，圣人存而不论；六合之内，圣人论而不议。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Liùhé zhīwài, shèngrén cún ér bù lùn; liùhé zhīnèi, shèngrén lùn ér bù yì. [Pinyin]

     As to what lies beyond the six realms, the sages set aside without discussion. As to what lies within the six realms, the sages discuss without comments.

2. the whole country

Derived terms

• 六合彩 (Liùhécǎi)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lùhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lùhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lùhé
    • Wade–Giles: Lu⁴-ho²
    • Yale: Lù-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luhher
    • Palladius: Лухэ (Luxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

Proper noun

六合

1. (～區) Luhe (a district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
六	合
りく Grade: 1	ごう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

六 (riku, “six”) + 合 (gō, “combined”): referring to the six directions north, south, east, west, up, and down.

Noun

六(りく)合(ごう) • (rikugō) ^{←りくがふ (rikugafu)?}

1. The world; the cosmos; everything.

References

• “^△六合”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026