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U+516D, 六
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-516D

[U+516C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+516E]
U+3225, ㈥
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH SIX

[U+3224]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3226]
U+3285, ㊅
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH SIX

[U+3284]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+3286]
U+F9D1, 六
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D1

[U+F9D0]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F9D2]
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Translingual

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Stroke order

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 12, +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜金 (YC), four-corner 00800, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 127, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1453
  • Dae Jaweon: page 280, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 241, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+516D

Chinese

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The number six in Chinese number gestures

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) – perhaps a shed. Originally using the similar-sounding word (OC *ra, “shed, cabin”) to represent the concept “six” (Liu Xinglong). Alternatively, it may be an ancient counting symbol.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms financial
𠫪

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k-ruk (six).

Pronunciation

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Note:
Note:
  • lah7 - vernacular;
  • loeh7/lyeh7 - literary.
Note:
  • la̍k - vernacular;
  • lio̍k - literary.
Note: 2lou (Ningbo) - only used in 活逼四六.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ljuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/liuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/liuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/luwk̚/
Li
Rong
/liuk̚/
Wang
Li
/lĭuk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/li̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
luk6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
liù
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.ruk/
English six

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8341
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ruɡ/

Definitions

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  1. six
      ―  liù chéng  ―  Six Cities (a literal translation of Altishahr, an ancient name for the region Xinjiang/East Turkestan)
  2. (printing) small text; The size of type between 小五 (xiǎowǔ, “little 5”) and 小六 (xiǎoliù, “little 6”), standardized as 7½ point.
  3. (dialectal) proficient
  4. (neologism, Internet slang) 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)

See also

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Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
Normal
(小寫 / 小写)
, , , ,  /  / ,
十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)
百萬 / 百万,
(Philippines),
面桶 (Philippines)
 / 亿 (Taiwan)
萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial
(大寫 / 大写)
 /  /  /

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (ろく) (roku)
  • Korean: /(六) (yuk/ryuk)
  • Vietnamese: lục ()

Others:

Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5).
  2. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5).

Derived terms

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References

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Japanese

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Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal :

Kanji

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(First grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. six

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

The ablaut form of (mi, three), which it doubles. From Old Japanese (mu), from Proto-Japonic *mu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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() (mu

  1. six
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ろく
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
("used, in law, contexts")

From Middle Chinese (MC ljuwk). Compare modern Cantonese reading luk6.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ろく) (roku

  1. six
  2. the sixth hole of a wind instrument
Coordinate terms
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Japanese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Regular (れい) (rei)
(ゼロ) (zero)
(いち) (ichi) () (ni) (さん) (san) (よん) (yon)
() (shi)
() (go) (ろく) (roku) (なな) (nana)
(しち) (shichi)
(はち) (hachi) (きゅう) (kyū)
() (ku)
(じゅう) ()
Formal (いち) (ichi) () (ni) (さん) (san) (じゅう) ()
90 100 300 600 800 1,000 3,000 8,000 10,000 100,000,000
Regular (きゅう)(じゅう) (kyūjū) (ひゃく) (hyaku)
(いっ)(ぴゃく) (ippyaku)
(さん)(びゃく) (sanbyaku) (ろっ)(ぴゃく) (roppyaku) (はっ)(ぴゃく) (happyaku) (せん) (sen)
(いっ)(せん) (issen)
(さん)(ぜん) (sanzen) (はっ)(せん) (hassen) (いち)(まん) (ichiman) (いち)(おく) (ichioku)
Formal (いち)(まん) (ichiman)
1012 8×1012 1013 1016 6×1016 8×1016 1017 1018
(いっ)(ちょう) (itchō) (はっ)(ちょう) (hatchō) (じゅっ)(ちょう) (jutchō) (いっ)(けい) (ikkei) (ろっ)(けい) (rokkei) (はっ)(けい) (hakkei) (じゅっ)(けい) (jukkei) (ひゃっ)(けい) (hyakkei)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Korean numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Native isol.: 여섯 (yeoseot)
    Native attr.: 여섯 (yeoseot), (archaic) (yeot)
    Sino-Korean: (yuk), (ryuk)
    Hanja:
    Ordinal: 여섯째 (yeoseotjjae)

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC ljuwk).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 륙〮 (Yale: lyúk)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 여슷〮 (Yale: yèsús) 륙〮 (Yale: lyúk)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 여섯 (yeoseot ryuk), word-initial (South Korea) 여섯 (yeoseot yuk))

  1. hanja form? of [[/#Korean:_六|/]] (six)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: lục[1][2][3], lúc ((lực)(trúc)(thiết))[1]
: Nôm readings: lúc[1][2][3][4], lục[1][2][3], lóc[1], trọc[1], lộc[3], lụt[3]

  1. Chữ Hán form of lục (six).

Derived terms

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References

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