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六 kanji
six
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ロクリク
Kun readings
むむつむっつむい
Words with 六
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —四六判shirokuban (paper size of 127x188mm); duodecimo
- —千六本julienne (esp. of daikon); long, thin strips
- —六尺棒6-shaku-long wooden pole (traditionally used for self-defence, capturing lawbreakers, etc.); carrying pole; shoulder pole
- —六角柱hexagonal prism
- —六観音the Six Forms of Avalokitesvara (one for each of the six realms)
- —六地蔵the Six Ksitigarbhas (one for each of the six realms)
- —六道銭six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)
- —六調子six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)
- —六箇年sexennial; recurring every six years
- —六神丸pill made from various animal ingredients (incl. musk, toad venom, cow bezoars, etc.) used as a cardiac stimulant in Chinese medicine
- —六知事six administrators of a Zen temple
- —六尺褌traditional Japanese G-string for men
- —六神通six supernormal powers
- —六欲天the six domains of the desire realm; the six heavens of the desire realm
- —六芒星hexagram
- —六角星hexagram
- —第六天sixth heaven (of the desire realm)
- —素十六scoring combination consisting of sixteen 1-point cards
- —六歌仙six immortals of poetry; six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū
- —六百間roppyakken (type of game)