noun
sixty percent; 60%
Used to express a proportion of six-tenths. Common in everyday contexts like discounts, statistics, and probabilities.
この商品は六割引きです。
This product is 60% off.
参加者の六割が女性だった。
Sixty percent of the participants were women.
割 is a counter for tenths; 六割 means six-tenths, i.e., 60%. It is not a standalone percentage word like パーセント.
Compound of 六 (six) and 割 (tenth, proportion). The 割 counter is used to express fractions in tenths, a common pattern in Japanese.