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六
六
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Han character
六 (radical 12 八+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜金 (YC), four-corner 00800, composition ⿱亠八)
References
- KangXi: page 127, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 241, character 9
- Unihan data for U+516D
Chinese
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六 | |
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陸／陆 financial 𠫪 |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 六
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (六) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 六 | *ruɡ |
| 圥 | *ruɡ |
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.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-(k-)ruk.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): luk6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liuk
- Min Dong (BUC): lĕ̤k
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): loq (T5)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: liu4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liow
- IPA (key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
- Wade-Giles: lu4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
- IPA (key): /lu⁵¹/
- Note: liù - usual pronunciation; lù - ancient pronunciation preserved in some proper nouns (六安 and the ancient state in the vicinity, as well as the surname).
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: luk6
- Yale: luhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: luk9
- IPA (key): /lʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liuk
- Hakka Romanization System: liug`
- Hagfa Pinyim: liug5
- IPA: /li̯uk̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lĕ̤k
- IPA (key): /l̃øyʔ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k / lio̍k
- Tâi-lô: la̍k / lio̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: lak, liok
- IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚⁴/, /liɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚²⁴/, /liɔk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹/, /liɔk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /lak̚⁴/, /liɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚⁴/, /liɔk̚⁴/
- Note: la̍k - vernacular; lio̍k - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lag8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la̍k
- IPA (key): /lak̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: loq (T5)
- IPA (key): /lʊʔ¹²/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 六 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力竹切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/liuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/liuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/luwk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/liuk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭuk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lǜ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 六 |
| 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; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 六 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8341 |
| Phonetic component |
六 |
| Rime group |
覺 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
六 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ruɡ/ |
Definitions
六
- six
- (printing) small text; The size of type between 小五 (xiǎowǔ, “little 5”) and 小六 (xiǎoliù, “little 6”), standardized as 7½ point.
- A surname.
See also
| Chinese numbers | ||||||||||||||||
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 108 | 1012 | |
| Cardinal | 〇 | 一 | 二 | 三 | 四 | 五 | 六 | 七 | 八 | 九 | 十 | 百 | 千 | 萬 万 |
億 亿 |
兆 |
| Financial | 零 | 壹 | 貳 贰 |
參 叁 |
肆 | 伍 | 陸 陆 |
柒 | 捌 | 玖 | 拾 | 佰 | 仟 | 萬 万 |
億 亿 |
兆 |
Compounds
Derived terms from 六
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Descendants
Others:
Japanese
| < 5 | 6 | 7 > |
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Kanji
六
Readings
- On: ろく (roku) りく (riku)
- Kun: む (mu), むつ (六つ, mutsu), むっつ (六つ, muttsu), むい (mui)
- Nanori: く (ku), むつ (mutsu), ろつ (rotsu)
Compounds
Compounds
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References
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- Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
Etymology 1
The ablaut form of mi "three", which it doubles.
Noun
- six
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- 陸 (used in legal documents)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ro.kuꜜ/, [ɽo̞˨.kɯᵝ˦]
Noun
- six
- a name of a hole of a wind instrument