Moto 六: SixKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ロク、リク
- Kun'yomi
- む、む(つ)、むっ(つ)、むい
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 201 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ロク・リク)
- 六ろくsix
- 六月ろくがつJune
- 六十ろくじゅうsixty; 60
- 十六じゅうろく16; sixteen
- 二十六日にじゅうろくにちtwenty-sixth day of the month
- 六角ろっかくhexagon
- 十六日じゅうろくにちsixteenth day of the month
- 四六時中しろくじちゅうaround the clock; day and night
- 一六勝負いちろくしょうぶgambling; speculation
- 一六銀行いちろくぎんこうpawnshop
- 一天地六いってんちろくdie; dice
- 丈六じょうろくone jō and six shaku (4.85m)
- 三十六字母さんじゅうろくじぼ36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)
- 三十六計さんじゅうろっけいthe 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)
- 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
- 上方才六かみがたざいろくpeople from Kansai
- 上方贅六かみがたぜいろくpeople from Kansai
- 二六時中にろくじちゅうnight and day; all the time
- 二十六にじゅうろくtwenty-six
- 五胡十六国ごこじゅうろっこくSixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
- 五行六信ごぎょうろくしんthe five pillars of Islam and six articles of faith
- 六か年ろっかねんsexennial; recurring every six years
- 六フッ化リン酸リチウムろくフッかリンさんリチウムlithium hexafluorophosphate
- 六三制ろくさんせいsix-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)
- 六体りくたいthe six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
- 六価クロムろっかクロムhexavalent chromium
- 六信ろくしんthe six articles of faith (in Islam)
- 六信五行ろくしんごぎょうthe six articles of faith and five pillars of Islam
- 六入ろくにゅうsix sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind)
- 六公四民ろくこうよんみんland-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
- 六処ろくしょsix sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind)
- 六分儀ろくぶんぎsextant
- 六分儀座ろくぶんぎざSextans (constellation); the Sextant
- 六十の三つ子ろくじゅうのみつごan old man is twice a child
- 六十の手習いろくじゅうのてならいbeginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn
- 六十余州ろくじゅうよしゅう66-odd provinces of old Japan; 60-odd states
- 六十六部ろくじゅうろくぶBuddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 六つむっつsix
- 六日むいかsixth day of the month
- 二四六九士にしむくさむらいmnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)
- 六つ切りむつぎりdividing something into six pieces; something divided into six pieces
- 六つ子むつごsextuplets
- 六つ時むつどき(approx.) six o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
Other readings
- 六十四分音符ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ64th note; hemidemisemiquaver
- コバルト六〇コバルトろくじゅうcobalt-60
- 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the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
- 三面六臂さんめんろっぴrush of business; versatility
- 九六くんろくozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
- 五臓六腑ごぞうろっぷthe internal organs
- 八面六臂はちめんろっぴcompetent in all fields; jack of all trades
- 六〇ろくじゅうsixty; 60
- 六〇〇ろっぴゃく600; six hundred
- 六カ年ろっかねんsexennial; recurring every six years
- 六ケ年ろっかねんsexennial; recurring every six years
- 六フッ化硫黄ろくフッかいおうsulfur hexafluoride
- 六ヵ年ろっかねんsexennial; recurring every six years
- 六ヶ年ろっかねんsexennial; recurring every six years
- 六ヶ敷いむずかしいdifficult; hard
- 六借しいむずかしいdifficult; hard
- 六分ろっぷんsix minutes
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Kanji that often appear with 六
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