六

See also: 大, 穴, and 冘
六 U+516D, 六
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-516D
← 公
[U+516C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兮 →
[U+516E]
六 U+F9D1, 六
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9D1
← 類
[U+F9D0] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 戮 →
[U+F9D2]

Translingual
Stroke order

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
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1453
  • Dae Jaweon: page 280, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 241, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+516D

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 六
variant forms 陸／陆 financial
𠫪

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
Oracle bone script

j29782

j29783

j29784

j29785

j29786

j29787

j29788

j29789

j29790

j29791

j29792

j29793

j29794

j29795

j29796

j29797

j29798

j29799

j29800

j29801

j29802

j29803

j29804

j29805

j29806

j29807

j29808

j29809

j29810

j29811

Bronze inscriptions

b19884

b19885

b19886

b19887

b19888

b19889

b19890

b19891

b19892

b19893

b19894

b19895

b19896

b19897

b19898

b19899

b19900

b19901

b19902

b19903

b19904

b19905

b19906

b19907

b19908

Small seal script

s10921

Transcribed ancient scripts

L37442

L37443

L37444

L25250

L25251

L25252

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

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

Pronunciation
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).
Note:
  • la̍k - vernacular;
  • lio̍k - literary.
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
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)
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. *[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 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. (neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable
  4. A surname​.

See also
Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 108 1012
Normal
(小寫／小写)		 〇 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 萬／万 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
Derived terms from 六

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (六):

Others:

Japanese
Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : 六

Kanji
六

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. six
Readings

Compounds
Compounds

References
  • New Nelson: 371
  • Halpern: 1965
  • Halpern Learners: 1244
  • Heisig: 6
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2j2.2
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Etymology 1

The ablaut form of mi "three", which it doubles.

Noun

六 (hiragana む, rōmaji mu)

  1. six
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Chinese 六.

Alternative forms
  • 陸 (used in legal documents)

Pronunciation

Noun

六 (hiragana ろく, rōmaji roku)

  1. six
  2. a name of a hole of a wind instrument

Coordinate terms

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. six

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. Hán tự form of lục (“six”).

References
  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. Trần (2004).
  4. Hồ (1976).
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