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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
- —六文銭crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
- —十六進hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
- —六味丸rokumi-gan (patent medicine)
- —一六日Edo period to early Meiji non-working day falling on all days of the month with a 1 or a 6 in it (when written in kanji numerals, i.e. the 1st, 11th, 16th, 21st and 26th days of the month)
- —四六文elegant classical Chinese prose employing antitheses using four and six-character compound words
- —六方石rock crystal
- —十六茶Jūrokucha (blended tea drink)
- —一六銀行pawnshop
- —一六勝負gambling on whether the throw of a die will produce a "one" or a "six"; gambling with dice; gambling; (a) risk; gamble; venture; hazardous attempt
- —五臓六腑the five viscera and the six internal organs; inside one's body; in one's heart
- —三十六計the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)
- —三面六臂rush of business; versatility; man who can do the work of many
- —四六時中around the clock; day and night
- —上方贅六people from Kansai
- —二六時中night and day; all the time
- —八面六臂competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; 8 faces and 6 arms
- —六根清浄purification of the six roots of perception
- —六十余州66-odd provinces of old Japan; 60-odd states
- —六百六号arsphenamine; compound 606; salvarsan
- —六法全書compendium of laws; statute books; complete book of the Six Codes