六

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六 U+516D, 六
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-516D
← 公
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兮 →
㈥ U+3225, ㈥
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH SIX
← ㈤
 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈦ →
㊅ U+3285, ㊅
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH SIX
← ㊄
 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊆ →
六 U+F9D1, 六
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D1
← 類
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 戮 →
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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

六 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜金 (YC), four-corner 00800, composition ⿱亠八)

Derived characters

References

  • 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

The number six in Chinese number gestures

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 六
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
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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L37443
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L25253
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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (六) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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 1

simp. and trad.
 六
alternative forms 陸／陆 financial
𠫪

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

Pronunciation

Note:
Note:
  • lah7 - vernacular;
  • loeh7/lyeh7 - literary.
Note:
  • la̍k - vernacular;
  • lio̍k - literary.
Note: 2lou (Ningbo) - only used in 活逼四六.
Rime
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
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 		lù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		luk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 六
Reading # 1/1
No. 8341
Phonetic
component 		六
Rime
group 		覺
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		六
Old
Chinese 		/*ruɡ/

Definitions

六

  1. six
    六城  ―  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

Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
Normal
(小寫 / 小写) 		〇, 零, 空 一, 蜀 二, 兩 / 两 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 萬 / 万,
十千 (Malaysia, Singapore) 		百萬 / 百万,
桶(Philippines),
面桶 (Philippines) 		億 / 亿 兆 (Taiwan)
萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial
(大寫 / 大写) 		零 壹 貳 / 贰 參 / 叁 肆 伍 陸 / 陆 柒 捌 玖 拾 佰 仟

Compounds

Descendants

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

Others:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 六

Pronunciation

Definitions

六

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

Derived terms

References

Japanese

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : 六

Kanji

六

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. six

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
六
む
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

The ablaut form of 三 (mi, “three”), which it doubles. From Old Japanese 六 (mu), from Proto-Japonic *mu.

Pronunciation

Noun

六(む) • (mu) 

  1. six
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
六
ろく
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
陸 ("used, in law, contexts")

From Middle Chinese 六 (MC ljuwk). Compare modern Cantonese reading luk6.

Pronunciation

Noun

六(ろく) • (roku) 

  1. six
  2. the sixth hole of a wind instrument
Coordinate terms
v • d • e
Japanese numbers
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
0零れい、ゼロrei, zero
1一、壱いちichi
2二、弐にni
3三、参さんsan
4四よん、しyon, shi
5五ごgo
6六ろくroku
7七なな、しちnana, shichi
8八はちhachi
9九きゅう、くkyū, ku
10十、拾じゅうjū
100百ひゃくhyaku
1,000千せんsen
10,000一万、一萬いちまんichiman
100,000,000一億いちおくichioku

References

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

Korean

Korean numbers (edit)
60
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Native isol.: 여섯 (yeoseot)
    Native attr.: 여섯 (yeoseot), (archaic) 엿 (yeot)
    Sino-Korean: 육 (yuk), 륙 (ryuk)
    Hanja: 六
    Ordinal: 여섯째 (yeoseotjjae)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 六 (MC ljuwk).

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

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

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

  1. hanja form? of 륙/육 (“six”)

Compounds

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

六: Hán Việt readings: lục[1][2][3], lúc (力(lực)竹(trúc)切(thiết))[1]
六: 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

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Trần (2004).
  4. ^ Hồ (1976).
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