六
HSK 1freq #802
Meanings
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- 1.six
- 2.6
- 1.used in place names
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Wiktionary
- 1.six
- 2.small text; The size of type between 小五 (xiǎowǔ, “little 5”) and 小六 (xiǎoliù, “little 6”), standardized as 7½ point.
- 3.proficient
- 4.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)
- 7.Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5).
- 8.Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5).
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – perhaps a shed. Originally using the similar-sounding word 廬 (OC *ra, “shed, cabin”) to represent the concept “six” (Liu Xinglong). Alternatively, it may be an ancient counting symbol. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k-ruk (“six”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
快要六點了。
It's almost six o'clock.
我六點起床。
I get up at six.
我六英尺高。
I am six feet tall.
快要六點了。
It's almost six.
我六點半回來。
I'll return at 6:30.
我們六點開始。
We started at six.
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Derived terms
七情六慾七情六欲三六三六九等丈六金身三十六行三十六計三十六计三十六體三十六体三姑六婆三媒六聘三媒六證三媒六证三宮六院三宫六院三對六面三对六面三推六問三推六问三敲六問三敲六问三班六房三真六草三茶六飯三茶六饭三街六巷三街六市三親六眷三亲六眷
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Related words
六朝 Six Dynasties (220-589)六邪 (TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 风[fēng], cold 寒[hán], heat 暑[shǔ], damp 湿[shī], dryness 燥[zào], fire 火[huǒ]六旬 60 years; one's sixties六月 June六价 hexavalent六四 refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989六书 Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 会意 (combined ideogram), 形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 转注 (transfer)六淫 (TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 风[fēng], cold 寒[hán], heat 暑[shǔ], damp 湿[shī], dryness 燥[zào], fire 火[huǒ]六脚 Liujiao or Liuchiao Township in Chiayi County 嘉义县[Jiā yì Xiàn], west Taiwan六宫 empress and imperial concubines or their residence六腑 (TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 胆[dǎn], stomach 胃[wèi], large intestine 大肠[dà cháng], small intestine 小肠[xiǎo cháng], triple heater 三焦[sān jiāo], bladder 膀胱[páng guāng]六甲 (place name)