六 : Six

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Components:

亠八

six

On 'yomi:

ロク(roku) リク(riku)

Kun 'yomi:

む(mu) む.つ(mu.tsu) むっ.つ(mu.tsu) むい(mui)

Nanori:

く(ku) むつ(mutsu) ろっ(ro) ろつ(rotsu)

Strokes:	4
Radical:	八 (12)
Usage Rating:	93

JLPT:	N5
old JLPT:	4
Grade:	1

Unicode:	0516d
jis208:	47-27

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六 Usage examples

明け六つ(あけむつ)	the sixth hour of the morning
六十四卦(ろくじゅうしけ)	the 64 hexagrams (of the Book of Changes)
六識(ろくしき)	six consciousnesses (i.e. functions of the six sense organs: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and reasoning)
六段の調べ(ろくだんのしらべ)	rokudan (name of a koto composition)
六道(ろくどう)	the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Nakara realm)
週六日(しゅうむいか)	six days a week
六尺棒(ろくしゃくぼう)	shoulder pole
南斗六星(なんとろくせい)	Milk Dipper, southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius
九六(くんろく)	ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
六波羅蜜(ろっぱらみつ)	the six virtues (perfections) a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment
六韜三略(りくとうさんりゃく)	two books on the art of war in ancient China, the secrets (essence) of the art of war, secrets of successful life, precepts for living
六道輪廻(ろくどうりんね)	endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
六分(ろっぷん)	six minutes
六号記事(ろくごうきじ)	(space) filler, fill-in (in magazines, newspapers, etc.)
六月病(ろくがつびょう)	blues experienced by workplace recruits shortly after beginning work
贅六(ぜえろく) 才六(ぜえろく)	Edo term used to debase people from Kansai
上方才六(かみがたざいろく)	people from Kansai
才六(さいろく) 采六(さいろく) 賽六(さいろく)	Edo term used to debase people from Kansai, brat
助六(すけろく)	"inari" and "maki" (roll) style sushi
忍び六具(しのびろくぐ)	the six tools of the ninja
三十六計逃げるに如かず(さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず) 三十六計逃げるにしかず(さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず)	the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
六百(ろっぴゃく)	six hundred
六つ切り(むつぎり)	dividing something into six pieces, something divided into six pieces
六国史(りっこくし)	Rikkokushi, the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods
六体(ろくたい)	the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive