六
six
4 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 93.
Readings
- ロク (on reading): 六角 (ろっかく) hexagon; 双六 (すごろく) race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track)
- リク (on reading): 六国史 (りっこくし) Rikkokushi; 六花 (りっか) snow
- む (kun reading): 六十路 (むそじ) age sixty; 六連星 (むつらぼし) The Pleiades
- むつ (kun reading): 六つ子 (むつご) sextuplets; 暮れ六つ (くれむつ) around 6pm
- むっつ (kun reading): 六つ (むっつ) six
- むい (kun reading): 週六日 (しゅうむいか) six days a week; 六日間戦争 (むいかかんせんそう) Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)
- Read as a whole word: 十六夜 (いざよい) sixteen-day-old moon
Components
Kanji containing 六
Words using 六
- 六角 (ろっかく) hexagon
- 双六 (すごろく) race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track)
- 六方 (ろっぽう) the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down)
- 東京六大学 (とうきょうろくだいがく) Tokyo Big Six Universities (esp. the baseball federation)
- 六道 (ろくどう) the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
- 六国史 (りっこくし) Rikkokushi
- 六花 (りっか) snow
- 六朝 (りくちょう) Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen)
- 六合 (りくごう) the universe
- 六書 (りくしょ) the six classes of Chinese characters
- 十六夜 (いざよい) sixteen-day-old moon
- 六十路 (むそじ) age sixty
- 六連星 (むつらぼし) The Pleiades
- 二四六九士 (にしむくさむらい) nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
- 六つ子 (むつご) sextuplets
- 暮れ六つ (くれむつ) around 6pm
- 明け六つ (あけむつ) the sixth hour of the morning
- 六つ切り (むつぎり) dividing something into six pieces
- 六つ時 (むつどき) (approx.) six o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
- 六つ (むっつ) six
- 週六日 (しゅうむいか) six days a week
- 六日間戦争 (むいかかんせんそう) Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)
- 六日の菖蒲 (むいかのあやめ) something that comes too late to be useful
- 六日戦争 (むいかせんそう) Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)
- 六 (リュー) six
- 十六日祭 (じゅうるくにちい) Jūrukunichī
193 words in all.