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U+516D, 六
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-516D

[U+516C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+516E]
U+3225, ㈥
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH SIX

[U+3224]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3226]
U+3285, ㊅
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH SIX

[U+3284]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3286]
U+F9D1, 六
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D1

[U+F9D0]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F9D2]
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Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 127, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1453
  • Dae Jaweon: page 280, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 241, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+516D

Chinese[edit]

The number six in Chinese number gestures

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
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





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).

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

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms financial
𠫪

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

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • Cantonese
  • Gan
  • Hakka
  • Jin
  • Northern Min
  • Eastern Min
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • la̍k - vernacular;
    • lio̍k - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (4)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter ljuwk
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    luk6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8341
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ruɡ/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. six
        ―  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. (dialectal) proficient
    4. (neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable
    5. a surname. (pronounced Lù)
    6. name of an ancient state (pronounced Lù), also found in placenames (e.g., 六安 (Lù'ān) Lu'an, Anhui, China)

    See also[edit]

    Chinese numbers
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
    Normal
    (小寫小写)
    , , , , ,
    十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)
    百萬百万,
    (Philippines),
    面桶 (Philippines)
    亿 (Taiwan)
    萬億万亿 (Mainland China)
    Financial
    (大寫大写)

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic ():
    • Japanese: (ろく) (roku)
    • Korean: /(六) (yuk/ryuk)
    • Vietnamese: lục ()

    Others:

    Etymology 2[edit]

    simp. and trad.

    Pronunciation[edit]


    Definitions[edit]

    1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5).
    2. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5).

    Derived terms[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Japanese cardinal numbers
     <  5 6 7  > 
        Cardinal :

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. six

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term

    Grade: 1
    kun’yomi

    The ablaut form of (mi, three), which it doubles. From Old Japanese (mu), from Proto-Japonic *mu.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    () (mu

    1. six
    Derived terms[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    ろく
    Grade: 1
    goon
    Alternative spelling
    ("used, in law, contexts")

    From Middle Chinese (MC ljuwk). Compare modern Cantonese reading luk6.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (ろく) (roku

    1. six
    2. the sixth hole of a wind instrument
    Coordinate terms[edit]
    Japanese numbers
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Regular (れい) (rei)
    (ゼロ) (zero)
    (いち) (ichi) () (ni) (さん) (san) (よん) (yon)
    () (shi)
    () (go) (ろく) (roku) (なな) (nana)
    (しち) (shichi)
    (はち) (hachi) (きゅう) (kyū)
    () (ku)
    (じゅう) ()
    Formal (いち) (ichi) () (ni) (さん) (san) (じゅう) ()
    90 100 300 600 800 1,000 3,000 8,000 10,000 100,000,000
    Regular (きゅう)(じゅう) (kyūjū) (ひゃく) (hyaku)
    (いっ)(ぴゃく) (ippyaku)
    (さん)(びゃく) (sanbyaku) (ろっ)(ぴゃく) (roppyaku) (はっ)(ぴゃく) (happyaku) (せん) (sen)
    (いっ)(せん) (issen)
    (さん)(ぜん) (sanzen) (はっ)(せん) (hassen) (いち)(まん) (ichiman) (いち)(おく) (ichioku)
    Formal (いち)(まん) (ichiman)
    1012 8×1012 1013 1016 6×1016 8×1016 1017 1018
    (いっ)(ちょう) (itchō) (はっ)(ちょう) (hatchō) (じゅっ)(ちょう) (jutchō) (いっ)(けい) (ikkei) (ろっ)(けい) (rokkei) (はっ)(けい) (hakkei) (じゅっ)(けい) (jukkei) (ひゃっ)(けい) (hyakkei)

    References[edit]

    1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Korean numbers (edit)
    60
     ←  5 6 7  → 
        Native isol.: 여섯 (yeoseot)
        Native attr.: 여섯 (yeoseot), (archaic) (yeot)
        Sino-Korean: (yuk), (ryuk)
        Hanja:
        Ordinal: 여섯째 (yeoseotjjae)

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese (MC ljuwk).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 륙〮 (Yale: lyúk)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 여슷〮 (Yale: yèsús) 륙〮 (Yale: lyúk)

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 여섯 (yeoseot ryuk), South Korea 여섯 (yeoseot yuk))

    1. Hanja form? of / (six).

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [3]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Việt readings: lục[1][2][3], lúc ((lực)(trúc)(thiết))[1]
    : Nôm readings: lúc[1][2][3][4], lục[1][2][3], lóc[1], trọc[1], lộc[3], lụt[3]

    1. chữ Hán form of lục (six).

    Derived terms[edit]

    References[edit]