Chinese

Numeral

六十

1. sixty

Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of 六 ‎(roku, “six”) +‎ 十 ‎(jū, “ten”)

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) ろくじゅ​う [ròkújúꜜù] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɺ̠o̞kɯᵝd͡ʑɯᵝː]

Numeral

六十 ‎(hiragana ろくじゅう, romaji rokujū, historical hiragana ろくじふ)

1. sixty

Etymology 2

Compound of 六 ‎(mu, “six”) +‎ 十 ‎(so, “ten”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) む​そ [múꜜsò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mɯᵝso̞]

Numeral

六十 ‎(hiragana むそ, romaji muso)

1. sixty

Etymology 3

Compound of 六十 ‎(muso, “sixty”) +‎ 路 ‎(-ji, “suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) む​そじ [múꜜsòjì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) むそじ [mùsójí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) むそ​じ [mùsóꜜjì] (Nakadaka - [2])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [mɯᵝso̞d͡ʑi]

Alternative forms

• 六十路

Numeral

六十 ‎(hiragana むそじ, romaji musoji, historical hiragana むそぢ)

1. sixty
2. sixty years of age

References

1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 3 4 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3