Keyword
six
- Frequency
- #1005
- Strokes
- 4
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六
six; 6
六月
June; sixth month (of the lunar year)
星期六
Saturday
周六
Saturday
十六
sixteen; 16
六四
refers to Tiananmen incident of 4th June 1989
六十
sixty; 60
六合
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down); the whole country; the universe; everything under the sun
六合彩
Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)
六角
hexagon
五颜六色
multicolored; every color under the sun
马六甲
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
六朝
Six Dynasties (220-589)
第六感
sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
六家
Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司马谈 (SīmǎTán) (儒家 (Rújiā), 道家 (Dàojiā), 阴阳 (yīnyáng), 法家 (Fǎjiā), 名家 (Míngjiā), and 墨家 (Mòjiā))
六安市
Lu'an, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省 (ĀnhuīShěng)
六月份
June
六方
hexagonal
礼拜六
Saturday
六十年代
the sixties; the 1960s
六旬
60 years; one's sixties; 60 days
六甲
(place name)
六方会谈
Six-Party Talks (2003–2007) on North Korea's nuclear program, involving China, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia
六神
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心 (xīn), lungs 肺 (fèi), liver 肝 (gān), kidneys 肾 (shèn), spleen 脾 (pí) and gall bladder 胆 (dǎn))