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Kotomora

六

six

JLPTN5StatusJōyō · grade 1FrequencyTop 100Strokes4

Readings

On'yomi

  • ロク
  • リク

Kun'yomi

  • む
  • む.つ
  • むっ.つ
  • むい

Nanori

  • く
  • むつ
  • ろっ
  • ろつ

Meaning

六 represents the number six, a basic numeral.

Most common words using 六

20 of 194
  • 六ろく
    N5

    six; 6

  • 六つむっつ
    N5

    six

  • 六道ろくどう

    the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)

  • 六花りっか

    snow

  • 四六時中しろくじちゅう
    N1

    around the clock; day and night

  • 第六感だいろっかん

    the sixth sense; intuition; hunch

  • 六角形ろっかっけい

    hexagon

  • 六リュー

    six

  • 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)

  • 六地蔵ろくじぞう

    the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)

  • 六法ろっぽう

    six codes (constitution, civil code, criminal code, commercial code, code of civil procedure, code of criminal procedure)

  • 五臓六腑ごぞうろっぷ

    the five viscera and the six internal organs

  • 六分儀ろくぶんぎ

    sextant

  • 六法全書ろっぽうぜんしょ

    compendium of laws; statute books; complete book of the Six Codes

  • 助六すけろく

    inari and maki sushi served together

  • 六十四分音符ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ

    64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver

  • 十六じゅうろく

    sixteen; 16

  • 六角ろっかく

    hexagon

  • 六人ろくにん
    N5

    six people

  • 一六いちろく

    (rolling) a 1 and a 6 (with two dice)

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Etymology

六 is a numeral character whose ancient form may have depicted a simple structure, but its exact pictographic origin is uncertain. It has been used as the number six since early writing.

Meaning mnemonic

The top lid 亠 and two short strokes below look like a simple tally: four strokes total, but the shape suggests the number six.

Reading mnemonic

For ロク, imagine a rock with the number six carved on it: rock -> ロク, and the rock shows six.