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六

Six
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingロク
Kun readingむ、む.つ、むっ.つ
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1Level 2

Meanings

  1. sixRtK
  1. 6

Popular Usage

六日六つ

Radicals and components

Radical八eight
Components
How it's built
六
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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top hat (亠) · animal legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 6

Compound words

六つむっつ
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
六月ろくがつ
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
六年ろくねん
six years
六分ろっぷん
six minutes
六芒星ろくぼうせい
hexagram
十六じゅうろく
sixteen; 16
六十四分音符ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ
64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
一六じゅうろく
sixteen
甚六じんろく
dunce
六卿りくけい
six ministers (of the six Zhou dynasty Chinese ministries)
六腑ろっぷ
the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)
雙六すごろく
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track)
賽六さいろく
kid
贅六ぜいろく
person from Kansai
Ａ六判エーろくばん
A6 paper size (105mm x 148mm)
十六夜いざよい
sixteen-day-old moon
単六型たんろくがた
AAAA size (battery)
盤雙六ばんすごろく
ban-sugoroku
六つ時むつどき
(approx.) six o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
六甲颪ろっこうおろし
cold northerly winter wind from the Rokko Mountains
六尺褌ろくしゃくふんどし
traditional Japanese G-string for men
六大洲ろくだいしゅう
the six continents
一六銀行いちろくぎんこう
pawnshop
一六勝負いちろくしょうぶ
gambling on whether the throw of a die will produce a "one" or a "six"

Additional Examples

彼は四六時中勉強している。
He studies day and night.tatoeba
彼は辞書を六冊以上持っている。
He has more than five dictionaries.tatoeba
六時ごろ来るって言ってたよ。
She told me she would be here about six.tatoeba
梅雨は六月の終わり頃に始まる。
The rainy season sets in about the end of June.tatoeba
新潟県南魚沼市六日町坂戸
Sakado, Muika-machi, Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecturewiki
-六日町駅から車で約5分
- About five minutes by car from Muikamiachi stationwiki
家紋は六つ竜胆車。
Its kamon (family crest) is Mutsurindoguruma (six gentians in a circle).wiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Six. 亠 (lid) + 八 — it looks like a little house.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 六

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step